Report Summary As defined by the South Asia Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC), South Asia consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is also the home to about one-fourth of the world’s population, supported by an unequitable share...

Introduction Mountains today have 12 per cent of the global population, but provide water and other services to about 50 per cent of the population. As a source of biodiversity, water, clean energy, provider of ecosystem services, culture and tourism and above all livelihood to...

This desktop study aims to outline technologies that address adaptation needs in water resource management and the agricultural sectors of the Central Asian countries and highlight the main institutional, technological and economic barriers for their promotion. It may be an impossible task to compile in...

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental knowledge development and learning centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – and based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Globalisation and climate...

Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) is an independent, non-profit and non-political organization that promotes multi-sector cooperation in Central Asia for addressing environmental problems at the local, national and regional levels. CAREC’s programmes portfolio includes the following directions: Environmental policy and management; Climate Change...

Climate Action Network for South Asia (CANSA) With organisational member of 60 NGOs in 6 countries of South Asia, one of the major strategies of CANSA has been to outreach civil societies in all South Asian countries. This process has been guided by two broad...

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is a regional organisation established by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region to serve as the conduit for concerted environmental action at the regional level. SPREP’s mandate is to promote cooperation in the Pacific islands...

The Southeast Asia sub-regional consultation meeting began during the afternoon session of the APEC Symposium in Manila, Philippines on February 8, 2012. Delegates from APAN held a two-hour session in the Symposium program to: open the Consultation Meeting by introducing its objectives and expected outputs;...

The consultation meeting of climate change focal points and experts in the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from September 28 to 30, 2011, with the support of UNEP. Representatives from ROAP and AIT-UNEP RRC.AP...

Summary This report covers the eleven countries in Southeast Asia, namely: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste. It identifies the current issues and challenges in the agriculture sector at the national and sub-regional levels given the issues...