Hope 2017 has been off to a good start, our dear Reader.
With this first issue of the year, my warmest greetings to the familiar faces and a very warm welcome to SNRD Asia to the new ones!
For this issue, we would like to give thanks to the Green Education Working Group (WG) for their active contribution, along with other individuals who have sent in their share of stories. Highlights for this issue are a success story from Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production Project in India which has helped in breathing new life into the old dumpsite and turned it into a thriving eco-park, ProCEEd’s edutainment efforts in Laos, and lastly the introduction of the 2017 Working Group Allowance ---available to each WG and Task Force. As knowledge and innovation are at the heart of our modus operandi, we would like to encourage all of you to take part in this call for proposals! Those brewing with an innovative idea to multiply knowledge, or make your best practices known, here is the opportunity to get it off the ground!
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In this section, you will find some focus articles contributed by our WG members. For this issue, please read on to see contribution from the WG Green Education.
From Trash to Treasure: Transforming a dump site into a thriving eco-park
An old junkyard and a dump site of wastes in Delhi has undergone a massive makeover into a beautiful park within a period of about six months. The once useless plot of the Patpargani Industrial Area, located in the East Delhi district in the National
How the Use of Picture Series is Gaining Momentum in the Kailash Sacred Landscape
The Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative’s (KSLCDI) efforts in encouraging the use of picture series as an adult education tool have been receiving positive reviews from community members and other involved stakeholders on the ground.
In recent years, there has been a growing consensus that education should be oriented around the idea of ‘sustainable development’. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is particularly important in the Indian Subcontinent, where changing climate, extensive use of resources
01 February 2017, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, Philippines– The Enchanted River (ER), a popular tourist destination in Surigao del Sur which receives as many as 800-1000 visitors a day was closed temporarily to the public to give way for major rehabilitation works starting January until March 28.
How edutainment is helping to foster environmental awareness in Laos through edutainment
If you are in a remote village in Laos, and see a group of adults playing a puzzle, laughing and competing to see which group is the fastest to set it up or, if you encounter several district level Government authorities playing enthusiastically a memory game, and when you
ProCEED cooperated with five national radio station in Laos in 2016 to produce the voxpop 15 mns environmental features. Five national radio station are Lao national radio; Thakek and Bualapha Districts in Khammouan Province; and Xamnuea and Huamueang Districts in Huaphanh province. The 15 mns features are cover five topics such as wildlife conservation, biodiversity conservation
Up to 15,000 € up for grabs under the new 2017 Working Group Allowance!
If you are member of the Sector Networks SNRD Asia or TUEWAS, and cooking up an innovative idea to help your Working Group (WG) or Task Force (TF) multiply knowledge, or disseminate practices and experiences, here is the opportunity to get your idea off the ground!
WG/TFs of the two SNs are invited to participate in this challenge by submitting concepts that promote technical and professional exchange across the themes of natural resources, rural development, transport, environment, energy and water in Asia.
Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point
The Bay of Bengal’s basin contains some of the most populous regions of the earth. No less than a quarter of the world’s population is concentrated in the eight countries that border the bay1. Approximately 200 million people live along the Bay of
Food losses: For sustainable resource use from field to fork
The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that around 30 per cent of all food is lost or wasted after harvesting. This translates into inefficient use of limited natural resources such as water, land and biodiversity.
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Lao PDR – Progress on Standards in the Southeast Asian Food Trade (SAFT)’s integrated Public Private Partnership (iPPP)
Since DPS Group Co., Ltd. started its first farm business known as “Phutawen Farm Project” five years ago, the company now combines agriculture, business, and tourism in Ban Hai Village, Pak-ngum District, Vientiane Capital. This project will serve as a model to promote sustainable food production and
UN Forum sets landmark target to increase world’s forests by 120 million hectares by 2030
New York, 23 January – Countries reached agreement last Friday on a plan that would significantly improve the outlook for the world’s forests, including a target that would expand the world’s forests by 120 million hectares—an area about the size of South Africa—by 2030.
The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is inviting applications for support of commodity development activities in its member countries
The Common Fund for Commodities provides financing to organisations and enterprises engaged in commodity value chains in its member countries. Through a range of financial instruments, the CFC seeks to support business activities in the field of commodity development, including agriculture, minerals
Indonesia is home to the third largest area of tropical rainforest in the world. It is a global biodiversity hotspot and has the world’s largest area of peat swamp forest. Continuing deforestration and forest degradation have caused rapid loss of biodiversity, particularly in Sumatra and Kalimantan where remaining forest ecosystems and their biodiversity are under threat. This is having an increasing impact on areas of peat swamp
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