Forests.org: Asia Links (XML/RSS)

report details how the Burmese military’s nation-wide campaign to plant eight million acres of the Jatropha tree for biodiesel production is resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor, land confiscation, loss of income and food insecurity (pdf)

maps and information regarding forest types in Continental South and South East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

maps and information regarding forest types in Far East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

a community-based conservation education program active in 35 schools and 15 communes surrounding the park.

works for the conservation of wetlands and birds in South Korea and the broader Yellow Sea eco-region

a Sri Lankan organization which supports sustainable development and environmental rights and justice, providing free legal services to communities and individuals

Japan's Institute for Global Environmental Strategies produces materials to support and facilitate the participation of local people in forest management

Greenpeace China's campaigns to protect ancient forests, including "save the paradise forests," exposing illegal logging and the non-disposable chopsticks project

works toward the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources, in the uplands and other eco-fragile, degraded and marginalised zones of India

works to expose the link between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses

from the World Rainforest Movement

maps and information regarding forest types in Insular South East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

this case study explores negative effects of the Nam Theun 2 Dam on the ecological integrity of the river ecosystem and surrounding areas, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

an interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management in the Lower Mekong Basin

a case study that challenges the utility of building hydroelectric dams, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

gateway to news and information in forestry sector of Nepal

advocates, facilitates and participates in the conservation of wildlife and habitats, with an emphasis on Asia, through research and education

promotes sustainable development in the Western Ghats mountain range in the South Indian State of Tamilnadu

an assessment on how sugar has exacted a heavy environmental toll in the Philippines, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database

supports community forestry management regimes to contribute to rural livelihoods, forest management and conservation

website for India's leading wildlife, conservation, and environment magazine

dedicated to supporting the conservation of Asia’s remaining wild tigers

campaign concerned with a environmental and human right impacts of a natural gas pipeline project presently unfolding in Western Burma

strengthens the creativity of grassroots inventors, innovators and ecopreneurs in India engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly solutions to local problems

seeks to ensure the long-term conservation of the Sundarbans tiger population