Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor headlined this year’s Griffith University Asia Lecture 2019 at the Queensland College of Art with a focus on the geopolitical and geostrategic issues of economy, security and climate change challenging the Asia-Pacific. Dame Meg
The rapid rise in tourism is mostly because of expanding middle classes in many countries. More people are able to afford vacations and travel, particularly in China. Click on the link below to read the full article.
After a week of negotiations in Paris, the United Nations’ biodiversity science and body, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), finalised the first global assessment of the state of planet’s health on Saturday.
With the emergence of the new thought on national sovereignty, transboundary protected area (TBPA) management came into fore. Referred to here are transborder parks, transnational parks, transfrontier reserves, friendship parks — meaning, protected areas that meet across international borders.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), as part of its technical assistance project Supporting Implementation of Environment-Related SDGs in Asia and the Pacific, partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to compile tool
Biodiversity " the essential variety of life forms on Earth " continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature"s capacity to contribute to people"s well-being," says the latest Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
By 2048, the Asia-Pacific region may not have any fish stocks left.
This year we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a declaration that provides a universal framework for the dignity and wellbeing of indigenous peoples everywhere.
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