Environment and natural resources

Big changes are underway in forests of the Mekong region in Southeast Asia. Countries are cracking down on illegal logging, increasing community control over forests, and opening up decision-making processes, making them more inclusive. These changes could have profound effects both in the Mekong countries ...

Please join the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund for “Introduction to Global Forest Watch Resources for Journalists,” a webinar discussing Global Forest Watch (GFW). The webinar will feature World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia and introduce GFW, a global forest monitoring database that uses innovative technology to help identify when, where, and ...

This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and ...

INTERNEWS’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering grants to journalists in the Asia-Pacific region to support data-driven, investigative reporting on the health impacts of climate and environmental change.  The deadline is June 30, 2019 at 5pm IST. Contact info.ejn@internews.org with any questions.  The more we learn about the ...

SUMERNET is inviting research organizations and other relevant institutions to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) on works that help to understand how can we sustainably use and manage groundwater resources while reducing water insecurity for all in the Mekong Region. These works will granted under ...

Date: July 5th-13th, 2019  Venue: National University of Management (NUM), Phnom Penh, Cambodia RCSD invites graduate students (Master’s and PhD) from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University to participate in the ASEAN Water Platform and workshop, organized and held atNational University of Management, Cambodia in Phnom Penh ...

When China took action to protect its borders from foreign plastic pollution by effectively shutting its doors to plastic waste imports in the beginning of 2018, it threw the global plastic recycling industry into chaos. Wealthy countries had grown accustomed to exporting their plastic problems, with ...

Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 (APFW 2019) will be one of the largest and most important forestry gatherings in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019. The event will be held in Songdo ConvensiA Convention Center, Incheon, the Republic of Korea, 17-21 June 2019. Nominate the champion of Asia-Pacific Forests ...

With the “Geospatial information for a smarter life and environmental resilience” theme, the FIG Working Week will take place in Hanoi from 22nd to 26th of April 2019. The FIG Working Week will focus on tackling the climate changes by working towards a smarter life both ...

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is looking for outstanding young people to join GLF Kyoto 2019. Those aging between 18 and 35 and eager to actively contribute to a historic global dialogue on climate are eligible for the competition.  Eager to be a speaker? Apply to win an all-expenses ...