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- IGES holds international symposium: Towards a sustainable Asia - IGES establishes a Beijing Office to Strengthen Research Activities Jointly Conducted with China - IGES activities at ECO ASIA 2006 - RISPO II Technical Summary - Handbook of Eco Action 21 FY2006 Japanese Edition Remarks: IGES News Letter in English.

Currently economic integration in East Asia is accelerating along with a political movement towards the creating of an East Asia Community. Regional economic integration could promote sustainability through generating higher incomes and facilitating clean technology transfer on one hand, but equally it could cause natural resource degradation and...

Featured article: IGES Activities at the 4th World Water Forum (WWF4) Report: Senior Officials Meeting on the 3R Initiative and Future Prospects / Japan - US Cooperation: To Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and its Ancillary Benefits / Discussing Options for Encouraging Asia to Participate in the Future Climate Regime / Enhancing the...

Thailand completed its Eighth National Economic and Social Development Plan at the end of 2001. Important changes in natural resource management and environmental protection were made during the five-years of this National Plan. The Ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan carries forward many of these crucial efforts regarding natural...

Most parts of the world are facing escalating difficulties in meeting the growing demand for freshwater, while at the same time they are confronted by a deteriorating supply of this precious resource. Decisions and attitudes concerning human development, institutional frameworks, water and wastewater infrastructure, and other technological issues...

Wastewater is an important source of water and nutrients for irrigation in developing countries, particularly but not restricted to those located in arid and semi-arid areas. The use of wastewater is widespread and represents around 10 percent of the total irrigated surface worldwide, although varying widely at local levels. While the use of...

In the last two decades, Europe has been increasingly confronted with growing water stress, both in terms of water scarcity and deterioration of quality. Growing water demand, supply costs, and competition for good-quality freshwater reserves prompted a call for more efficient use of water resources, including a more widespread acceptance of...

Groundwater is at risk in many cities in Asia as a result of excessive abstraction. Without proper groundwater management, the precious resource will deteriorate further. In cities such as Bangkok (Thailand), Tianjin (China), and Bandung (Indonesia) groundwater problems such as dropping water tables and land subsidence have been observed, and...