Overcoming poverty

Rodent menace

The plague of Samar Island

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

UNITED NATIONS

Complementing Kyoto

Asia-Pacific Partnership holds its first meeting

UNITED NATIONS

Biodiversity fund

India’s second COVID-19 wave could put its economic recovery at risk: ADB

Leading financial institution Asian Development Bank warns that while Asia-Pacific is recovering, the surge in India could halt any progress made

Economic growth not enough to eliminate rural poverty

Agricultural development, increased wages and off-farm jobs can accelerate rural development

Asia worried about climate change, Africa about environment-development trade-off

Experts from around the world express concerns over biodiversity

People in Asia-Pacific consuming more milk, protein

Transition in diet due to urbanisation and rising income levels, FAO report says

Over 80% hypertension patients live in low- and middle-income countries

Treatment and control rates in Nepal, Indonesia and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania were particularly low

COVID-19: Land is key to survival of indigenous peoples in Asia

Those who are in their forest abodes, are self-sufficient; But those who have been forcibly evicted, will find it hard to survive the pandemic

Indonesia volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 34

Some 3,000 people have been displaced and 38 schools have been destroyed because of the eruption of Mt Sumeru in Indonesia

What does Sustainable Development mean in an unequal world?

Reflections from the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 

Asia-Pacific moves slow on environment-related SDGs: Report

At this rate, the region will not achieve any of these SDGs by 2030

Fish stocks in Asia-Pacific to be over by 2048

Economic growth is leading to the decline of biodiversity, says a report released in Colombia

1.9 billion in Asia-Pacific cannot afford healthy diet: UN report

At the same time, an estimated 14.5 million children under five were overweight or obese in 2020

Twinning Europe and Asia in cyberspace

There are plenty of lessons for ASEAN to learn from the dynamics of the EU’s cyber regulations such as GDPR and e-IDAS and, use them to …

Most poor people in Asia-Pacific region live in rural areas

Countries in the region have not been able to address rural poverty despite economic growth, says an IFAD report

Legal framework can strengthen HIV response: UNDP administrator

Discriminatory policies hamper access to HIV services

10 disturbing trends for Asia and the Pacific

The region is ageing rapidly, has the largest number of threatened species and more

‘Chinese food is so entrenched in our lives; COVID-19 can’t change that’

Down To Earth talks to Miranda Brown, historian of premodern Chinese food and medicine and University of Michigan professor, about Chinese …

RCEP, the world’s biggest trade deal, has been signed; but what exactly is it?

The final text confers no special rights on foreign corporations to sue governments through what are known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement …

Most Asia-Pacific countries ill-prepared for natural disasters: ESCAP

Over the past 60 years, temperatures in the region have increased faster than the global mean