Watershed Conservation: A Solution to Global Water Challenges,…

MicroFinance Monitor 10 December 2014 A recent study shows that practices such as watershed conservation and river bank restoration will help reducing the pollution in many of the cities in the country like Mumbai and Gurgaon, which have the potential to bring down pollution at the source by 10 per cent. It is also considered to be a solution to meet the water demand in future. While many Read More…

At Asia-Pacific summit, Kerry gives wrong advice for world’s…

The Hill 9 December 2014 Environmental sustainability was one of the top concerns at the mid-November Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing, as shown by the potentially groundbreaking climate agreement reached between the United States and China. The fate of the world’s oceans, from issues ranging from climate change to overfishing, was also in the spotlight, being Read More…

Mapping Rain Forests to Fight Climate Change

Newsweek 6 December 2014 Almost a century ago, Russian botanist N.I. Vavilov was traveling the world in search of new species when he identified why equatorial rain forests are so critical to the Earth’s future: They’re the source-pool for 90 percent of the planet’s biodiversity. Rain forests have been the focus of global conservation efforts ever since. Today, as climate negotiators Read More…

SFP: Half wild salmon fisheries in need of ‘significant…

Undercurrent News 4 December 2014 Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released its annual review of the world’s wild salmon fisheries, concluding that half of fish comes from fisheries that need significant improvements. According to SFP, 48% of the total volume of Pacific salmon comes from fisheries in need of significant improvements, of which 22% is accounted for by Russian Read More…

PM encourages waste-to-energy practice in Thailand

National News Bureau of Thailand 4 December 2014 BANGKOK, 4 December 2014 (NNT) – The Prime Minister of Thailand has reiterated the use of garbage as alternative sources of electricity to Thailand, reducing energy import demand. The Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given a speech in the 2014 Thai Environment Day and the National Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Read More…

China, Japan block Antarctic fishing regulations as rorts continue

The Age 3 December 2014 Despite attempts to crack down on illegal Antarctic fishing, a report has found that there is still rorting and a refusal to tighten rules in the chase for high-priced fish. Korean authorities found a fleet of three ships fabricated catch documents and ship tracks, apparently with Russian help, the preliminary report of the 25-member Commission for the Conservation Read More…

Tracking the sicklefin: Understanding rare fish’s lifestyle…

Smoky Mountain News 3 December 2014 The sicklefin redhorse is a sneaky kind of fish. It wasn’t discovered as a species until 1992, and even with its existence known, the fish is difficult to tag and track, avoiding radio detection at the bottom of deep river pools. But will the bottom-feeding suckerfish also be able to avoid getting listed as a threatened or endangered species? Mike Read More…

Atlantic Salmon Federation helping to open fish habitat, one project…

Bangor Daily News 1 December 2014 Mention “river conservation” to many Mainers, and they might talk about the Edwards Dam removal on the Kennebec River or the long-term Penobscot River Restoration Project, during which two more dams were destroyed and fish passage was provided at another. But in what might be the stealthiest conservation effort in recent years, the Atlantic Salmon Read More…

Delta faces water shortage, salination

VietNamNet Bridge 1 December 2014 The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta faces a possible shortage of freshwater for next year's rice crops due to drought and a worsening of saltwater intrusion in the coming dry season, according to the Southern Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Its prediction is based on higher temperatures this year accompanied by below-average rainfall and declining Read More…

For Those Who Can Afford It, Urban Farming Bears Fruit

The Cambodian Daily 25 November 2014 TAKHMAO CITY, Kandal Province – Man Sophal unzipped a plastic tarp covering a metal structure in front of his villa, revealing rows of perforated PVC pipes from which a variety of cabbage and lettuce sprouted. This is Kannika Farm, where the crops grow not from soil, but from a continuous supply of nutrient-rich water pumped through the pipes in the Read More…