Anamika Barua: Liverman (1994), who is a Professor of Geography and Development, in University of Arizona, once stated that “The most vulnerable people may not be living in the most vulnerable places-poor people can live in productive biophysical environments and be vulnerable and wealthy people can live in fragile physical environment and live relatively well”

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SCPR: The Imja Glacier is located in the Himalayan Khumbu Range of Eastern Nepal, southeast of Mount Everest. Greenpeace reports that this glacier is retreating at nearly 10 meters per year. Other reports show that the average temperature in Nepal has increased by 1.5 Celsius since 1975. Here the Imja Glacier is photographed as seen from

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Reuters: Deforestation is still occurring at an alarming rate in Asia Pacific countries despite a slight increase in overall forest cover, a leading climate scientist said Friday, and a better system to put a value on the ecosystem and the services it provides is needed to stop the losses. Nobel laureate and head of the

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NepalTimes: Unique cooperative puts a price tag on protecting the ecosystem. It is 6:30am, and the small crowd that has gathered on the shore of Rupa Lake is getting impatient. Suddenly, someone shouts: “There they are.” Canoes appear one by one from behind a forested mountainside that plunges into the mirror-like lake. They row closer

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CCAFS: The build up to the Bhutan Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas received unprecedented response last week with the completion of expert group meetings on the key themes of water, biodiversity, food security and energy. The Bhutan Climate Summit is an initiative of the Royal Government of Bhutan, and will bring together leaders, decision

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GulfNews: The race between India and Pakistan for control of water grows fiercer as population booms and glaciers recede. Stephen Myron Schwebel, an American jurist, recently became the first outsider in 64 years to cross the Line of Control (LoC) — the world’s most militarised de-facto border that divides Indian and Pakistani Kashmir. Schwebel’s visit

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Environmental Expert: Imagine a community where residents voluntarily separate their household wastes into 24 discrete categories for recycling, where recycling centers are located in almost every neighborhood, and where local coordinators actively promote recycling and waste minimization. It’s happening now in Oizumi, a small rural community about 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Tokyo, Japan.

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