Full Coverage: Asia and the Pacific

07/31/2007 New Delhi based organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), announces a five-day refresher workshop on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India, from 19-23 November, 2007 at the Anil Agarwal Green College New Delhi 110062, India.

07/31/2007 Indian state Gujarat, which lies on the west coast, is celebrating a successful school enrollment drive that started five years ago to ensure all children, especially girls, are enrolled in schools. Through community mobilisation in 18,000 Gujarat villages the initiative has met with sizeable success.

07/31/2007 Greenpeace India has released a set of thermograph images of the Mysore Palace as a part of its campaign to phase out inefficient lighting in India to fight climate change. The palace uses approximately 96,000 ordinary light bulbs, which are energy inefficient and replacing them with compact fluroscent lamps (CFLs) can save Rs 41 lakhs and a significant amount of power.

07/31/2007 The tribals of Ranchi, the capital of the east Indian state of Jharkhand are bringing out handwritten newspapers to highlight the problems faced by them and raise issues that are overlooked by major newspapers. Through newspapers they also try to create awareness among people about government welfare programmes.

07/31/2007 Arms control advocates expressed "grave concerns" this weekend about U.S. concessions to India on key non-proliferation provisions.

07/31/2007 In response to the story of a young Egyptian girl who was raped and gave birth to a child, bloggers from the Middle East and United States share their opinions on rape and veiling, civil rights in Palestine, and more.

07/31/2007 Cara bertani organik kini kian menjadi pilihan para petani. Batapa tidak, dengan pertanian organik ini, petani dapat memaksimalkan semua bahan di sekitarnya, sehingga dapat manambah pendapatannya secara berlipat ganda.

07/31/2007 Bagi mereka yang terinfeksi HIV, ada yang percaya melakukan cuci darah setiap bulan dapat mengurangi kadar HIV di dalam darah. Apakah upaya ini efektif? Atau ini hanya sebuah mitos baru?

07/31/2007 Dari 277 orang pengidap virus HIV/AIDS di Palembang, 50% di antaranya diderita oleh remaja. Ini terjadi karena pesatnya penggunaan narkotika melalui jarum suntik

07/31/2007 Tuhannet ihmiset joutuvat köyhyyden edessä työskentelemään teknologiajätteen kierrätyksen parissa. Altistuminen vaarallisille metalleille on muodostunut ongelmaksi jo ennen Intian astumista laajempaan tietoyhteiskuntaan, osittain länsimaista laittomasti maahantuodun e-jätteen myötä. Kehitystä on kuitenkin tapahtumassa Intian ensimmäisen yksityisen e-jätteen kierrätyslaitoksen rakentamisen myötä.

07/31/2007 Dengan kearifan lokalnya, keanekaragaman hayati di Desa Bonosari, Kebuman, Jawa Tengah, dapat terpelihara. Sayangnya, kini keanekaragaman hayati itu kian punah seiring dengan mulai dilindasnya kearifan lokal oleh arus modernisasi di desa itu.

07/31/2007 Jawa Barat adalah provinsi dengan kasus HIV/AIDS keempat terbesar di Indonesia setelah DKI Jakarta, Jawa Timur, dan Papua. Hingga September 2006, sudah terdapat 781 kasus AIDS, termasuk juga dari kota santri, Tasikmalaya.

07/31/2007 Indonesia dikenal sebagai negara yang memiliki kekayaan keanekaragaman hayati, seperti terdapat di Kawasan Konservasi Laut Berau, Kalimantan Timur. Keindahan kawasan itu telah memikat banyak penyelam, baik dari dalam maupun luar negeri.

07/31/2007 Pengoperasian PLTU Cilacap yang semula diharapkan mampu membawa kesejahteraan masyarakat justru membuahkan petaka bagi warga sekitar. Betapa tidak, pengoperasian PLTU tersebut diduga telah menimbulkan berbagai dampak lingkungan yang meresahkan warga.

07/31/2007 Dampak pemanasan diperkirakan akan mampu menghancurkan jutaan spesies di bumi ini. Lantas, apa yang bisa kita berbuat untuk menyelamatkan bumi?

07/30/2007 Thirteen years after the cease-fire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, villagers still living along the Azerbaijani frontline remain trapped in a state of neither peace nor war.

07/30/2007 Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam encourages the media to encompass a classical model of mass media and national development.

07/30/2007 CMS, a Delhi based research and advocacy organisation is coordinating a film festival on environment and wildlife documentaries – 4th CMS VATAVARAN- Environment and Wildlife Film Festival to promote space for environment issues in the public media. The festival is slated for from 12 to 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

07/30/2007 The Delhi Police has printed a booklet on Security tips for North East Students /visitors in Delhi and advising them on how to behave well and to blend into the mainstream society of Delhi. But many activists and concerned citizens believe this a violation of human rights.

07/30/2007 Analysis of phone records by the Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), an NGO in the western state of India, Gujarat, indicates that top police officials who were responsible for controlling the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, in 2002, were not at the spot when two worst attacks against the Muslim community took place.