The current status and future prospects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers utilization and its impacts on the environment and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's ...

The World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August-September 2002, recognized that sustainable development of the globe was critically dependent upon achieving sustainable development ...

This publication provides a synoptic overview of the various issues relating to climate change abatement initiatives with specific reference to the issues, challenges and opportunities for the effective implementation of ...

This volume is the last in the ESCAP publication series entitled Atlas of Urban Geology, a series of fourteen volumes on the application of geology to urban planning. This volume reviews the status of urban geology up to ...

This publication contains mainly papers presented at the Workshop on Industrial Minerals and Offshore Aggregates in Asia and the Pacific organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)from ...

<p>The Asian and Pacific region is one ofthe most promising economic zones ofthe world. It has attained unprecedented and sustained growth in the past and is expected to continue its remarkable performance in the coming ...

Since 1992, environmental quality in the Region has deteriorated. In advance of the September, 2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), a number of agencies active in the Asia-Pacific Region, including ADB, ...

<p>Urbanization in Central Asia: Challenges, Issues and Prospects is an analytical report that was commissioned by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and undertaken by the ...

<p>During 2005-2007, experts and officials of NEASPEC member countries worked jointly on a nature conservation programme by identifying the flagship species of North-East Asia and developing a conservation strategy. NEASPEC ...

With the Ministerial Declaration at the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific providing the basis, this publication focuses particularly on eco-efficiency and advocates for a ...