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Thai farmers plant eucalyptus trees on their unused farmlands with poor fertility soils to raise their incomes and in response to inducements from the Government. The conversion of unused farmlands to eucalyptus can contribute to climate change mitigation as the growing trees sequester carbon. To estimate the contribution of eucalyptus plantations...

The recycling rate is one of the most widely used indicators for monitoring progress in waste recycling and resource-saving activities. Basically, the recycling rate is calculated as the proportional value (%) of waste recycled from the total waste generated. An increase in this indicator usually means that the progress is being made in recycling...

The research aims to analyze lessons learned from the best cases of energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy deployment, which took place in a bottom up fashion at community level both in developed and developing country contexts to identify key success factors and enabling conditions and to identify what additional considerations are...

From North Asia's "airpocalypses" to South Asia's water crisis, the signs that Asia needs to transition to more sustainable development models are as clear as they are compelling. There is also an equally compelling body of literature on how countries can transition to more sustainable development models. However, much of the sustainable...

In late October 2014, over thirty participants met for a two day workshop on Advancing Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and Sustainable Lifestyles Practices in China. The workshop was organised in cooperation between the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan and the Environmental Education Center at Beijing Normal...