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The primary goal of this research activity is to record and document exemplary cases of environmental education in the region. These have been called pioneering examples, to mean first and better ideas in the field of environmental education. These examples are not the best at all but are definitely better among the good ones.

Wetlands are one of the most productive environments in the world. They are the “supermarket” of biological diversity. While wetlands have been dwindled world-wide due to overuse, pollution, conversion into residential use and dumping sites there are also concrete evidences of intensive campaigns under way to conserve and use them wisely. By this...

The Environmental Education Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is pleased to bring forth the publication titled "Making sense of Climate Change" prepared by Visiting Researcher, Ms. Ranjana Saikia from the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) of India. Ms Saikia worked in IGES for a period of three months from 16th...

This report represents the culmination of the two phases of ECO ASIA Long-term Perspective Project (LTPP). The first phase of the project was initiated in 1993 and presented its report in 1997. The second phase commenced in 1998. Both projects were launched under the framework of ECO ASIA to provide policy makers with scientific policy analysis on...

The ECO ASIA Long-term Perspective Project (LTPP) was proposed by the Environment Agency (now Ministry of the Environment), Government of Japan, at the second meeting of ECO ASIA (1993). LTPP aims to provide decision makers in Asia-Pacific with a scientific basis for policy formulation to achieve sustainable development. International workshops...

This inaugural issue contains special contributions from international members of the Editorial Board of IRES and papers based on IGES research outcomes covering a broad range of topics including Japanese approaches to environmental management, comparative study of urban environment in East Asia and local forest management in Indonesia. Remarks...

This report summarizes the points of the two flexibility measures, GHGs emissions trading and joint implementation, focusing on former instrument, adopted in the Kyoto Protocol, aiming at identifying the issues for designing how the regime works efficiently and what points should be settled. Proposals are also mentioned especially focusing on the...