Climate News 7/5
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Post Doctoral Fellow – Agricultural and Climate Change Management
IWMI seeks a highly competent and motivated individual for the position of Post Doctoral Fellow in Agricultural and Climate Change Management who has experience and/or interest in tropical agricultural production systems
http://devnetjobs.tripod.com/iwmi1-29june2010.html
SRI LANKA
100 LED lamps for Sri Lankan fishermen; OSRAM and Infineon introduce..
http://www.nieuwsbank.nl/en/2010/06/30/R010.htm
Economic Rescue
24 Jun, 2010 19:18:36
Moves to tap earth’s heat for electricity
June 22nd
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_07.html
South Asia Climate Change Forum. Developing proactive policy and practice for land and water management responsive to climate change
June 27th
The forum will take place at the Melbourne Museum, 5 – 9 July, 2010.
The Monash Sustainability Institute, in conjunction with the Monash Asia Institute, is holding a one week Climate Change forum focussing on South Asia (particularly India and Bangladesh).
http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/environment/2010/06/27/south-asia-climate-change-forum-5-9-july-2010/
Asia, Europe share low carbon challenge
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2922355
June 28, 2010
It’s no secret: international efforts to curb global warming continue to divide Asia and Europe
How does global warming create severe droughts and heat waves?
Jun 27th, 2010
by admin.
Due to Melting Arctic, Colder Winters Will Be Rule Rather Than Exception
June 28,
Heavy Climate
June 28, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8767763.stm
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/06/28/21178/
Indonesian leader touts ‘global safety net’, climate fund
India to Raise $535 Million From Carbon Tax on Coal
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-01/india-to-raise-535-million-from-carbon-tax-on-coal.html
July 1 (Bloomberg) — India expects to raise $535 million from a levy on coal producers starting today, the first step by Asia’s third-largest energy consumer to charge companies for fossil fuel pollution.
Global Media Forum cites risks of environmental reporting
July 1st
http://www.cpj.org/blog/2010/07/global-media-forum-cites-risks-of-environmental-re.php
environmental journalists in Guinea and Bulgaria have been threatened; journalist Joey Estriber was abducted by unidentified men in the Philippines, never to be seen again.
Mitsubishi Corporation Invests in Solar PV Power Generation Project in Thailand
Asia’s alarming cities
http://www.economist.com/node/16481295?story_id=16481295&fsrc=rss
CSU to study impact of climate change on livestock in developing world
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul10/100715o.asp
Southeast Asia – Indonesia’s Last Glacier May Provide Climate Clues
Journal of Water and Climate Change
http://washresources.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/journal-of-water-and-climate-change/
Asia: Himalayas, within 20 years over a billion victims of climate change
National seminar on Climate Change held at Jakhama, Nagaland
http://www.assamtimes.org/knowledge-development/4126.html
My year long journey with The Climate Project (TCP) – the year worth living
http://asifoghi.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-year-long-journey-with-climate.html
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/uk-curbs-binge-flying-to-aid-climate
Britain Curbing Airport Growth to Aid Climate
July 1, 2010
In a bold if lonely environmental stand, Britain’s coalition government has set out to curb the growth of what has been called “binge flying” by refusing to build new runways around London to accommodate more planes.
DEP Hosts Technology Review Event for Innovative Shoreline Cleanup
07/01/10
Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist and continuing its commitment to recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today hosted an innovative technology review event
Environmental Police Close in on Asia’s Tiger Traffickers
July 2, 2010 (ENS) – Just 30 wild tigers survive in Vietnam and poachers are going after those, but the country’s newly established Environmental Police were able to put a stop to some of the illegal trafficking last week.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2010/2010-07-02-01.html
http://www.mlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/invasive_bugs_still_on_the_mar.html
Climate News 6/26
Over 5,000 turtles destroyed annually in Sri Lanka
June 18th
With 5,000 turtles being killed annually, turtles in Sri Lanka are threatened with extinction due to callous human activities in the coastal belt, a local English newspaper reported on Friday.
http://bayanihan.org/2010/06/18/over-5000-turtles-destroyed-annually-in-sri-lanka/
Ecological approach to control dengue – Experts at dengue confab
June 22nd
The fatality rate of dengue and chikungunya in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia was increasing while it was declining in other countries.
http://www.tops.lk/article21325-ecological-approach-to-control-dengue-experts-at-confab.html
Lanka serious about saving environment in the development process
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=669
Celebrating World Environment Day
June 21st
The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), an implementing partner of IUCN Sri Lanka of the Sri Lanka component of the Global Project
Project Details
Promoting Sustainable Biomass Energy Production and Modern Bio-Energy Technologies
May 6th 2010
http://gefonline.org/projectDetailsSQL.cfm?projID=4096
http://thegef.org/gef/node/3278
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan fishermen to work together to overcome economic crisis
June 26th
Small-scale fishing can solve the issues “of food security, energy crisis and global warming”. Small-scale fishermen and small boats are not the problem but are “part of the solution,” said Gettha Lakmini, secretary of the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) as he welcomed 200 participants from 14 districts to NAFSO’s National Convention held last Tuesday in Colombo.
Vehicles have to be blamed for Air Pollution- Ministry of Environment
June 17th
ASIA
Climate Change, Cats Drive Growing Insurance Needs In China
http://www.property-casualty.com/News/2010/6/Pages/Climate-Change-Cats-Drive-Growing-Insurance-Needs-In-China.aspx
Thirsty Pakistan gasps for water solutions
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/thirsty-pakistan-gasps-for-water-solutions/article1608905/
EU pledges millions for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh
June 19th
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/151428
RP needs $100 billion for climate change adaptation
June 24th
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines needs to spend around $10 billion annually over the next decade for climate change adaptation, the country’s Climate Change Commission said yesterday.
Women Deliver in the Climate Change Debate
June 21st
http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2010/06/women-deliver-in-climate-change-debate.html
“Energy and Global Warming News for June 22: Solar energy offers a vast supply of power, carbon nanotubes could be secret to greater EV range”
http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/22/energy-and-global-warming-news-for-june-22-solar-energy-offers-a-vast-supply-of-power-carbon-nanotubes-could-be-secret-to-greater-ev-range/
Climate change will have ‘mixed’ effect on Asian rivers
June 22nd
Two of Asia’s ‘water towers’, the Brahmaputra and Indus river basins, are likely to be severely affected by climate change while others will be less affected and could even benefit, research on Asia’s rivers shows.
http://www.zeenews.com/news635735.html
Climate change threatens food supply
June 23rd Beijing—Climate change and extreme weather events pose a grave challenge to the country’s food supply, agricultural researchers have warned.
http://dailymailnews.com/0610/23/ChinaPage/index.php?id=5
Climate change will imperil food supply in Asia
June 18th
Climate change will drastically reduce the flow of snow and ice meltwater in the Himalayas, threatening the food security of more than 60 million Asians, warn ecological researchers. http://www.dailytimesindia.com/2010/06/132665.htm
Food Security Threatened for 60 Million in Indus Valley by Climate Change Say Utrecht Researchers
June 21st
India’s ‘climate change chair’ at US design fest
June 20th
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-s-climate-change-chair-at-US-design-fest/Article1-560494.aspx
TECHNOLOGY
Environment worries to lift e-car sales
June 19th
http://www.geekopedia.us/news-rss/report-environment-worries-to-lift-e-car-sales/
What Are The Benefits That The Environment Get From Science And Technology?
http://www.blurtit.com/q9372126.html
GENERAL ARTICLES
Extreme heat wave in Africa and Asia continues to set all-time high temperature records
Jun 26th
A withering heat wave of unprecedented intensity and areal covered continues to smash all-time high temperatures Asia and Africa.
http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2010/06/jeff-masters-all-time-high-temp-records.html
Scientists probe climate memories in vanishing glacier
Jun 19th
Scientists have begun drilling ice cores at a shrinking tropical glacier in Indonesia to collect data on climate change, and hope their findings could lead to better predictions about crucial monsoon rains.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2010/06/19/2003475812
UN climate panel names new authors after criticism
June 24th
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5W-ZIy-HO0peznbwExAG6aPDpRwD9GH3OT01
Stanford’s Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects
June 22nd
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/june/woods-evp-grants-062210.html
Global Warming: A Sea Change
A must read article on Warming and Sea Level Rise
http://profmandia.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/global-warming-a-sea-change/
An illustrated guide to the latest climate science
http://climateprogress.org/2010/02/17/an-illustrated-guide-to-the-latest-climate-science/
Climate News 6/18
And the planet got warmer, too
June 15, 2010 | 1:03 pm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/06/and-the-planet-got-warmer-too.html
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, already busy with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, took time out Tuesday to announce that the combined average land and ocean surface temperature on Earth was the hottest on record for May, the hottest on record for a March-May period, and for that matter, the hottest for a January-May period.
http://www.climate-change.tv/leela-padmini-batuwitage-2010
Leela Padmini Batuwitage, head of the Sri Lankan delegation, together with W Sumathipala, discusses the responsibilities of the Annex I parties and the revival of the Kyoto Protocol.
SUMMARY OF THE SECOND EAST ASIA CLIMATE FORUM 16 JUNE 2010
http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/climate/eacf2/html/ymbvol175num1e.html
Sri Lanka’s forest cover has dropped to 14% – Touchwood Consultant
Forests cover in Lanka started to decline with the introduction of typical commercial crops and clearing of forests for agricultural and residential purposes further contributed in reducing the natural forest cover, said Touchwood Investments PLC Agro Forestry Consultant Dammika G. Mahipala.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/business/127-local/13047-sri-lankas-forest-cover-has-dropped-to-14-touchwood-consultant.html
ACCA urges Sri Lankan businesses to think green.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ACCA+urges+Sri+Lankan+businesses+to+think+green.-a0227767398
Sri Lanka can learn from the Maldives: Sunday Times
http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/sri-lanka-can-learn-from-the-maldives-sunday-times-8090
June 13th, 2010
ancy sharply pruning down the cost of the president’s office or any government ministry or department for that matter? Maybe we can learn some lessons from the Maldives, a tiny island state which is having a major voice in the global climate change debate, writes the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka.
Saved by their Dung: Elephant Turf Mats reduce waste in Sri Lanka, save the environment in Japan
http://greenz.jp/en/2010/06/12/elephant-dung-turf-mats/
Michi Corp., creator of ‘Elephant Paper’, has now developed a new product called ‘Elephant Turf Mat’. Made from recycled coconut husks and elephant dung, the mats not only provide an excellent bed for growing grass, but help protect elephants, and the environment.
Climate change a growing humanitarian challenge: UN
Preventing marine pollution our task: MEPA head
Around 350 vessels passing seas off south Sri Lanka daily pose potential danger http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100620/News/nws_27.html
Whale poop fights climate change: study
AFP – Thursday, June 17
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100616/tts-species-whales-climate-offbeat-c1b2fc3.html
Climate change may crumble Asian water towers
[Date: 2010-06-17]
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=32223
OECD WORKSHOP ON BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENT IN FUTURE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/50/45410303.pdf
What will we eat when climate change strikes?
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=89428
JOHANNESBURG, 9 June 2010 (IRIN) – Diversify food sources; go local, suggests renowned agriculturalist and development expert Hans Herren in the latest news publication by the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN).
New center to study climate change and national security
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/146854
Melting mountains put millions at risk in Asia: study
Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pakistan likely to be among the nations hardest hit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6594TG20100610
New technology could turn ground heat into cheap alternative to fossil fuels
By ANI
June 12th, 2010
Kandy celebrates World Environment Day
The British Council Kandy teamed up with Vimukthi Weeratunga, the IUCN Biodiversity Co-ordinator for Sri Lanka, to hold an educational and interactive World Environment Day event for over 180 secondary school students and teachers.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100613/Plus/plus_28.html
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Organic Waste Composting and Climate Change
http://www.greendaze.org/organic-waste-composting-and-climate-change/
“Climate Sustainability in a Green Economy”
The first UN Rio+20 Summit PLATFORM Consultation in Colombo resolved that the proposed framework for a green agenda should clearly reflect the aspirations of the people in Asia, who represent half of the worlds poor, to eradicate poverty as a prerequisite for sustainable development.
http://climatesustainabilityplatform.blogspot.com/2010/06/1st-un-rio20-platform-stakeholder.html
A convenient truth
June 11, 2010
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=583173&publicationSubCategoryId=84
Melting mountains put millions at risk in Asia: study
Jun 10, 2010
Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pakistan likely to be among the nations hardest hit.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6594TG20100610
Global mystery: Why are snakes dying off?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0609/Global-mystery-Why-are-snakes-dying-off
Climate change is a possible explanation for the snake’s ‘drastic decline’ in Europe and Africa. Snakes now join a list of declining animal populations that includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
East Asia Promotes Energy Efficiency to Combat Climate Change
Monday, June 14, 2010
A Millennium of Monsoon Failures, Droughts and Famines
Ananda Gunatilaka
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2010/06/millennium-of-monsoon-failures-droughts.html
ECO Singapore Delegation to UNCSD
An ECO (Sg) initiative supported by the National Youth Council
Report of the 1st Rio+20 Summit PLATFORM Consultation held in Colombo on the 9th June 2010
Climate News 6/11
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka’s coasts in danger, scientists warn
University of Sri Jayawardenapura Senior Lecturer in Zoology Dr. Kamal Ranatunga who specializes in aquatic biology says already coral reefs in the north west and east coast are badly affected due to climatic changes.
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/10/business10.html
Killer Jellyfish arrives in Sri Lanka
June 11th
http://www.tops.lk/article19876-killer-jellyfish-arrives-in-sri-lanka.html
Sri Lanka should go for sustainable development without harming the environment: Basil Rajapaksa
06 June 2010
Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa has urged that development should be undertaken without harming the environment. The government has embarked upon several large scale development projects with financial assistance from countries such as China, Iran, Japan and other donor agencies throughout the country.
Climate Change Sector in Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Singapore http://www.reportlinker.com/d010983325/Climate-Change-Sector-in-Papua-New-Guinea-Sri-Lanka-and-Singapore.html
Year 2010: an end goal for Biodiversity Conservation
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/12574.html
Virtusa Environment Day 2010 http://www.itpro.lk/node/6957
OPPORTUNITITES
Call for Applications: Carbon Governance in Asia – Bridging Scales and Disciplines http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/article/1124?menu=108
Regional Consultation for the sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED-6)
http://www.unescap.org/esd/mced6/regional%20consultation/index.asp
Low Carbon Futures
http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-projects-low-carbon-futures.htm
ASIA
Asia rice price fall seen with bumper supply
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/03/ADAPTS_TO_CLIMATE_CHANGE_Asia_rice_price_fall_seen_with_bump/
East Asia promotes green technology
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/East-Asia-promotes-green-technology/20106/116267.vov
The 2010 World Economic Forum on East Asia on June 7 continued discussing how Asia can promote green technology. The issue drew the participation of representatives from the Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the leaders of big businesses, such as Metro, Dupont and GE.
Maldives to pardon Filipino fraudsters in exchange for Climate Summit support
UN warns climate change could trigger ‘mega-disasters’
7/6/2010
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100607/tts-un-disaster-climate-aid-australia-79adaf4.html
Countries agree to spend big to save world’s forests http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/27/oslo-conference-aid-to-save-forests
Oslo conference attended by 52 nations produces first concrete sign of global action on climate change since Copenhagen
Climate crusader gets warm welcome http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100609-274647/Climate-crusader-gets-warm-welcome
Countries that try to save environment will save, not lose, money, Gore says in Philippines http://blog.taragana.com/science/2010/06/08/countries-that-try-to-save-environment-will-save-not-lose-money-gore-says-in-philippines-15781/
General Articles
100 Top Environment Sites
http://igreenthink.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/top-100-environment-sites/
GCC Asia Press Release
http://www.delbgd.ec.europa.eu/en/newsroom/pressrelease/100531%20GCCA%20Asia%20press%20release.pdf
Forests and climate change after Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific perspective
http://recoftc.org/site/fileadmin/docs/publications/The_Grey_Zone/2010/FCC-after-Copenhagen_3.pdf
Environmentally-friendly Technologies
Crop Insurance: Protecting Farmers Against the Effects of Climate Change
http://blog.opportunity.org/crop-insurance-protecting-farmers-against-the-effects-of-climate-change/
Climate News From Sri Lanka
Ambatale in danger
Posted on 01 June 2010. Tags: centigrades, climate change, energy forum, extreme situations, grave situation, greenhouse gas emissions, media awareness, rainfalls, samarasinghe, temperature rise
Illegal sand mining has caused sea water to enter into the Ambatale tank which supplies 80 percent of the water supply of Colombo, Ambatale Water Purification Centre Assistant General Manager K.P.R.S. Samarasinghe said adding that unless prompt precautions are taken by the authorities a grave situation may ensue.
http://lankagazette.com/topstories/ambatale-in-danger
Mystery shrouds destruction of bird sanctuary
The North East coast lost a valuable portion of another tourist attraction yesterday, a large section of the Kokilai Bird Sanctuary. Nearly 1,000 acres were bull dozed destroying between 2,000 and 3,000 Weaver bird nests forever. http://www.island.lk/2010/05/04/news4.html
An environment friendly portable Biogas Plant from SL
http://www.development.lk/news.php?news=560
Sri Lanka: Dengue eradication campaign launched
June 4, 2010
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2010/06/sri-lanka-dengue-eradication-campaign-launched.html
http://www.everythingswineflu.info/201006/sri-lanka-dengue-eradication-campaign-launched/
Climate change hurts agriculture
http://www.island.lk/2010/06/05/business1.html
How Human Resources Can Save the Environment
http://nelson.linksofuklondon.com/2010/06/04/how-human-resources-can-save-the-environment/
ACCA urges Sri Lankan businesses to think green
31/05/2010
As the 39th UN World Environment Day is commemorated on June 5, 2010, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) urges the Sri Lankan business community to consider its environmental impact.
more at :http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/05/31/bus28.asp
A Public Lecture on Solid Waste Management by Prof. Ben Basnayake, was organized by the Amercian Centre June 1 at 4.45 p.m
A Public Lecture on Wild Elephants is to be held at American Center- June 10 at 4.30 p.m.
EEPSEA – CALL FOR PROPOSALS (NOVEMBER 2010) COMPETITION
Deadline for proposal: 1 July 2010
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-154317-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/11521683271Prabodh%28Tech%29.pdf
http://www.groundviews.org/2010/05/29/the-big-stink-in-sri-lanka/
International News
“We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade” and “there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 0.15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.”
June 3, 2010
Hundreds Killed in India from Heat Waves, New Hottest Temperature Record in Asia
Second East Asia Climate Forum
The Second East Asia Climate Forum will be convened on 16 June 2010 at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea, aiming to provide a forum for dialogue on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and turning the challenges of climate change into sustainable economic opportunities
http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/climate/eacf2/
Int’l environment experts laud RP’s reforestation program
June 3, 2010
Over 200 environment officials and experts from Asia and Europe have cited the reforestation program of the Philippines, tagging it as one of the “low carbon pioneers” in the world in efforts to confront the challenges of climate change.
http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=11629
EU pledges 8.5m euros for Bangladesh to fight climate change
June 2, 2010
New Nation: The two-day Asia Regional Conference of Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) ended here on Monday adopting a joint declaration to help least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing Countries (SIDS) in Asia to cope with the climate change. Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Maldives signed the joint declaration at a city hotel.http://gasoline.fuelspace.com/2010/06/02/eu-pledges-8-5m-euros-for-bangladesh-to-fight-climate-change/
CSU receives $15 million grant to study climate change
| Jun 4, 2010 |
Fort Collins, Colo. — Colorado State University has received a $15 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development to study the impact of climate change on global livestock systems, particularly those in developing countries.
Asia most at risk from natural disasters
NAIROBI, 31 May 2010
(IRIN) – Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and Pakistan top a new ranking of countries at “extreme risk” of experiencing natural disasters compiled by a global risk assessment company.The Natural Disaster Risk Index (NDRI), released on 27 May by Maplecroft, ranks 229 countries according to the human impact of natural disasters in terms of deaths per annum and per million of population, plus the frequency of events as well as the likelihood of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, storms, flooding, droughts, landslides, extreme temperatures and epidemics. Asia accounts for most of the disaster-related deaths since 1980.
http://ramkshrestha.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/asia-most-at-risk-from-natural-disasters/
Oxfam warns of climate debt with WB climate aid
06/01/2010
MANILA, Philippines—Oxfam International has warned that the $100 billion a year pledged by rich nations to help fight climate change could fail the poorest people if recent moves to deliver climate cash as loans continue.
EU climate target analysis bears scars of industry lobbying
30 May 2010
by Bryony Worthington The coal-fuelled Fiddlers Ferry power station in Warrington. ‘The power sector has been given substantially fewer emission trading permits than it needs.
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/05/30/spe09.asp
LankaWeb – Mystery shrouds destruction o Kokilaif bird sanctuary
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Minister of the Environment. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Honourable Minister,. Destruction of Kokilai Bird Sanctuary. I refer to the news item carried in the Island Newspaper on May 4, 2010 relating to the bulldozing of nearly 1000 acres and …
LankaWeb.com – http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/
‘Many species, one planet, one future’
Hot on the heels of the International Day for Biodiversity (on May 22) comes another related event; World Environment Day (WED) on June 5. This is another global event organised by the United Nations under the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to increase awareness about the environment and enhance political attention and public action on environmental issues.
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/05/30/spe03.asp
Regional Workshop on Strategic Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in Natural Resource Management
http://www.adbi.org/event/3836.climate.change.adaptation.natural.resource.mngt/
Climate change heats up Asia
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/earthmatters/2010/06/01/climate-change-heats-asia
Palm Oil’s Promotion as Diesel Alternative Draws Fire
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/energy-environment/04iht-rbogpalm.html
Sri Lanka to generate power from garbage
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/Jun03_1275579307CH.php
Climate change to hurt Egypt farming, tourism
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/01/Climate_change_to_hurt_Egypt_farming_tourism/
Bonn Climate Change Talks – May/June 2010
http://www.iisd.ca/climate/sb32/3june.html
Wild Weather Solutions
http://www.voicesforourplanet.com/2010/06/03/wild-weather-solutions/
Insuring the world’s poor against climate change
Published: June 4, 2010
RESOURCES
Water for Food, Livelihoods and the Environment
contains a selection of some of latest publications relating to water quality, ecosystem services, and climate change in Africa and Asia including Sri Lanka
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Archives/WorldEnvironmentDay/2010/
http://www.goodzuma.com/challenge/generatepdf/Rainforest-Alliance
Conservation International
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/splash.cfm?s_src=MEMB_SP_SUB&s_subsrc=20091022
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
http://www.conservation.org/learn/climate/pages/climate_redd.aspx
http://thefrogblog.org.uk/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog
http://climatevision.janathakshan.net/
http://climatevision.janathakshan.net/getinvolved
smaller articles
Sri Lanka: Frogs Signalling Possible Earthquake?
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/209140-Sri-Lanka-Frogs-Signalling-Possible-Earthquake-
http://thedawgblog.com/environment/how-can-technology-help-the-environmen
Sri Lanka Youth Climate Action Network – National Summit 2010
http://beginningofsurvival.blogspot.com/2010/05/sri-lanka-youth-climate-action-network.html
U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka to mark World Environment Day
Wed, May 26, 2010
The United States Embassy in Colombo will be conducting a program for schools and a public lecture in Kandy on June 1st to observe the World Environment Day, the Embassy announced in a press release today.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10A/May26_1274895154CH.php
International experts cite reforestation in RP
May 29, 2010, 9:13pm
The Philippines gained international recognition from some 200 environment leaders and experts from Asia and Europe for serving as one of the pioneers of a low carbon reforestation program during the 2nd Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Development Conference held in Indonesia last week.
Read more http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/259645/rp-gets-world-acclaim
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/29/asia-europe-pledge-move-toward-better-partnership.html
IOM Launches Policy Dialogue on Climate Change and Displacement
May 28, 2010 A year after Cyclone Aila, the last major cyclone to hit southwest Bangladesh, IOM and the BRAC Development Institute (BDI) have organized the country’s first policy dialogue on Environment, Climate Change and Migration.
Bangladesh PM opens two-day Asia conference on climate change today
Dhaka, Sunday May 30 2010
The MDTF was formed in London in 2008 to help Bangladesh cope with the adverse impact of the global warming. There wa disagreement between the Bangladeshi government and the World Bank over the management of the Fund Bangladesh Climate Change Resilient Fund (BCCRF).
read more
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=101662&date=2010-05-30
Environment and conflict of interest
Just a week back, details poured out of the corruption at Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority, http://sundaytimes.lk/100530/Editorial.html
(link may be unstable)
Call for papers: Innovative Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Environmental Technology and Management
http://inderscience.blogspot.com/2010/05/call-for-papers-innovative-modelling.html
Vacancy
application deadline June 18, 2010
The Asia Foundation seeks a Program Officer for its Environment Theme in San Francisco. Under the supervision of the Director of the Environment Theme, the Program Officer will be responsible for providing assistance on all aspects of Environment programming.
http://www.opportunityknocks.org/jobseekerx/ViewJob.asp?CJID=31917&AccountNo=129607
Smaller Articles of General Interest
Saving the Island’s Remaining Coral Reefs
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51616&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Raise your Awareness on Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnpE1Ubt3vU&feature=related
Help To Revive The Environment By Way Of A Magnet Power Generator
http://freegreenenergyalternatives.com/blog/uncategorized/help-to-revive-the-environment-by-way-of-a-magnet-power-generator/
Climate News 5/14
Find the Consensus Seasonal Climate Predictions for South Asia at
http://www.imdpune.gov.in/SASCOF1-Consensus%20Statement%202010.pdf
as well as cached with our blog here
Climate News 4/13
The Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) said that a second poor summer monsoon was unlikely. Weather observations made against a historical set of parameters modeled on a supercomputer to predict the monsoon, signal good rainfall this year, and IMD chief Ajit Tyagi said the chances of a monsoon failure two years in a row are remote.
More at: www.indianexpress.com/news/good-monsoon-likely-this-year-met-dept/605707/0
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