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Involved in scientific and technological research for the development of fisheries in South China Sea.
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South China Sea Fishery Research Institute (SCSFRI) It mainly focuses on such research fields as marine fishery resource investigation, mariculture and fishery resource enhancement in the tropic and subtropic regions, fishery ecological environment quality surveillance and protection, marine fish and shrimp diets, fish disease control, application of...Involved in scientific and technological research for the development of fisheries in East China Sea.
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/china/archi/ecsfri.htm
Botanist Cédric Basset's photographs of many plants (identified by family, genus, or species) in their natural environments in Asia. English and French.
http://www.asianflora.com/
Website of the regional office for Asia and the Pacific.
http://www.unep.org/unep/regoffs/roap/
World Bank paper (January 1997) on the "Determinants of Pollution Abatement in Four Asian Countries". Abstract in HTML format; full text in PDF format.
http://www.worldbank.org/html/de...Workpapers/wps1710-abstract.html
Resource on appropriate technologies in the fields of sustainable agriculture, waste management, textiles and renewable energy, primarily in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province in China.
http://www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/index.html
Offers opportunities for government officials, experts from international organizations, and researchers in the region to exchange viewpoints. Includes reports on multinational congresses and workshops and links to country-specific sites.
http://www.ecoasia.org/
Serves the entire developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and rehabilitation of rangelands.
http://www.cgiar.org/icarda/
With a mission to contribute to food security and poverty eradication by fostering sustainable increases in the productivity of water through better management of irrigation and other water uses in river basins.
http://www.cgiar.org/iwmi/
The United Nations says pollution from south-east Asia is changing weather patterns and causing disease across the world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2182783.stm
A rural development program. Its primary aim is to bring farm households into rural decision making. Includes annual reports, periodicals.
http://farmnetasia.nic.in/
Network assisting its member countries through information exchange, regional workshops, expert consultations and learning activities for those responsible for the development and dissemination of soil and water conservation practices for small-scale farmers.
http://www.asocon.org/
A network of NGOs and people's organizations to stop destructive river development projects and to restore rivers to the communities.
http://www.rwesa.org
With a mission to help developing countries in the semi-arid tropics increase farm productivity and food security, reduce poverty, and protect the environment through optimum use of the natural resource endowment, through partnership-based international agricultural research, particularly with NARS.
http://www.icrisat.org/
An electronic information system focused on environmental issues in eastern Asia.
http://www.nautilus.org/aprenet/
A searchable database of threatened bird species of Asia. Includes user contributions of bird sitings.
http://www.rdb.or.id/