Bamboo for Earthquake Reconstruction
I have just returned from Nepal where I attended the National Consultation Workshop on “Bamboo for Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction in Nepal”. This is one of the activities in a CFC-funded…
I have just returned from Nepal where I attended the National Consultation Workshop on “Bamboo for Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction in Nepal”. This is one of the activities in a CFC-funded…
My wife and I celebrated the start of the Chinese “Year of the Monkey” in Myanmar (Burma). Travelling from Beijing, you arrive in Yangon (formerly Rangoon, and the airline code…
One of the Swiss World Heritage sites is melting! Switzerland has 11 properties inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, three of which are natural sites. One of these is…
The world has created a number of international bio-diversity related Conventions, as a means to control degradation of the global natural environment. During recent discussions, the question was asked how…