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Below are some articles on health from around world. They come from Focus, a quarterly magazine about the Australian Government's overseas aid program.
- Economies threaten the environment (July 1999)
The East Asian Crisis has resulted in less resources being available for the environment and distracted attention from the environment. - A sprig of success (Feb. 1999 p11)
A training course in Queensland led to the regeneration of a rare and endangered species of timber in Samoa. - Controlling a choking weed - PNG's campaign to eradicate water hyacinth (Feb. 1999 p32)
Water hyacinth is a floating plant from South America that has contaminated lakes and rivers throughout PNG. - Shifting sands in Vietnam (Oct. 98 p23)
Sand dunes are moving onto plots of land, making the soil too sandy to grow rice. This leaves families hungry up to six months a year. - Kwimba: a model of community involvement (March 1998)
This is a very successful reforestation project in Tanzania. - Natural reforestation in Papua New Guinea - experience from the Kandrian Gloucester integrated development project (June 1997)
Sustainable harvesting of commercial trees from the forest to meet both income and environment objectives. - The world's largest butterfly still flies in PNG (March 1997)
Research for the conservation of this rare butterfly.
- The Australian Overseas Aid Program and the Challenge of Global Warming.
Global Warming is an international problem. The Australian Government is cooperating internationally to come up with global solutions. - The environment in times of crisis: Asia and donors after the 1997 financial crisis.
The financial crisis also had impacts on the environment. This study looks at some of those effects. - Global Environment Facility - Questions and Answers
A brief overview of the Global Environment Facility. - Project Briefs
A summary of 12 of the Australia's overseas aid program projects, including environmental projects.
For copies of the Australian Government's overseas aid program publications email: books@ausaid.com.au
Primary
- The Mekong River Basin - Case studies in biodiversity and ecologically sustainable development
- Watercare: book 1
- Watercare: book 2
Secondary
- Asia's water crisis:
The struggle within each drop. - Fragile ecosystems, Coral reefs at risk: Palau, Micronesia
- Vietnam's water paradox
- Water works
- Global Education recently produced a series of water posters. Click here for more details.
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- Background
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Australian response to the environment in development
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The global agenda
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