Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change (2013/5/10)
Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate hazards, and hig ...

Inequality and trust: testing a mediating relationship for environmental sustainability (2013/3/16)
Instrumental arguments linking inequality to environmental sustainability often suppose a negative relationship between inequality and social cohesion. While social cohesion is difficult to measure, there are measures of a narrower concept, social tr ...

Managing water as China warms: new insights from regional models (2013/3/16)
Climate change adds pressure on China's water resources, which are already under intense stress. Therefore, the water sector is a top priority in China’s national adaptation programme. This policy brief summarises the Adapting to Climate Change ...

Stolen Apes - The illicit trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans (2013/3/8)
The illegal trade in wildlife makes up one part of the multi-billion dollar business that is environmental crime and is increasingly being perpetrated at the cost of the poor and vulnerable. To date, conservation efforts have failed the great apes. Y ...

Elephants in the Dust - The African Elephant Crisis (2013/3/8)
The African elephant is facing the greatest crisis in decades. Reports of mass elephant killings in the media illustrate the situation across many African elephant range States. Surges in poaching, the illegal ivory trade and accelerating habitat and ...

Africa environment outlook 3: our environment, our health (2013/3/2)
The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) is a tool of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) for monitoring environmental management ...

Latin America and the Caribbean may well close the gap in water supply, but strategising an integrated development of water s a prerequisitei (2013/2/28)
The regional context presents an unprecedented opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to close the infrastructure gap in water supply and ...

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This paper analyses the challenges for designing Indian national policy to attract investment in wind and solar energy at a reasonable ...

Trees, livelihoods, landscapes: annual report 2011-2012 (2013/2/25)
This annual report for 2011-2012 of the World Agroforestry Centre advocates the introduction of 'evergreen agriculture'. On one hand, agroforestry can ...

Seasonal Variations of Arsenic in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh (2013/2/24)
Dissolved arsenic concentrations in the Ganges, Brahmaputra Rivers and confluence of these two rivers show important seasonal variations and maximum arsenic concentrations are observed during the monsoon season (July–October). These seasonal v ...

Underlying Problems of Ship Recycling Industries in Bangladesh and Way Forward (2013/2/24)
Ship-recycling in Bangladesh has been playing as a catalyst for the economy by supporting steel industry, shipbuilding industry and other industries and it has also been generating huge employments for the country. But, existing problems of this indu ...

Background Chemical Study of Relocated Hazaribagh Tannery Complex Environment, Savar (2013/2/24)
A background study of the chemical constituents of some environmental samples - tannery complex sand, river water, river sediment and river fishes collected from the Relocated Hazaribagh Tannery Complex (RHTC) area, was carried out. In the light of t ...

Reducing inequality and poverty while mitigating climate change: key challenges for research and practice in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America (2013/2/23)
This working paper, produced by the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme, investigates the relationship between emissions, inequality and poverty in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America. Research on this topic is of p ...

The future women want: a vision of sustainable development for all (2013/2/22)
United Nations Member States unanimously agreed in 1992 in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that ‘women have a vital role in environmental management and development. Their full partici ...

UNEP year book 2013: emerging issues in our global environment (2013/2/20)
Rapid change in the Arctic resulting from climate change is threatening ecosystems and providing new development opportunities including easier access ...

When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention (2013/2/18)
This paper by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) argues for increased focus on the conflict-disaster nexus in fragile and conflict-affected states. ...

Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia (2013/2/18)
This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from Bangladesh, Indo ...

Influence of Soil Amendments on Mitigating Methane Emissions and Sustaining Rice Productivity in Paddy Soil Ecosystems of Bangladesh (2013/2/14)
Two field experiments were conducted at two different rice ecosystems, one in the upland rice field of Bangladesh Agricultural University farm, Mymensingh and the another one in the low lying area of Bhaluka, Mymensingh to investigate the effects of ...

Prospect of Solid Waste Situation and An Approach of Environmental Management Measure (EMM) Model for Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Case Study of Dhaka City (2013/2/14)
Environmental Management Measure (EMM) model will be a well-designed approach for sustainable and effective solid waste management in Dhaka city. Environmental Management Measure (EMM) model has three instruments such as economic, regulatory and suas ...

Urban governance of climate change and health: A literature review (2013/2/10)
Climate change creates additional threats to existing health problems in developing countries. Among the most likely health problems due to climate change are increased incidences of water and vector-borne diseases due to more frequent flooding and h ...