Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has called on world leaders to focus on land use for sustainable development and poverty eradication. Commodore Bainimarama delivered a statement to the delegates of the high level United Nations meeting in New...
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
This spring’s extreme weather is the latest in a series of water shortages, exposing the risks that limited freshwater resources pose for the world’s biggest agricultural producer, top energy consumer, and fastest-growing industrial economy. Click through the...
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Stricken by a severe drought, Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, recently began to shrink severely. According to the latest reports from satellite remote sensing, the current water area of Poyang Lake is 1,326 square...
Monday, May 10th, 2010
New book on drought assessment using SPI, remote sensing and modelling. The Indo-Gangetic Region (IGR), situated in the north of India, occupies nearly 20% of the total geographical area of India. The IGR of India primarily encompasses...
