Science and Environment

Asian Flora - Botanist Cédric Basset's photographs of many plants (identified by family, genus, or species) in their natural environments in Asia. English and French.
www.asianflora.com/

ASOCON - Asia Soil Conservation Network for the Humid Tropics - 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.
www.asocon.org/

East China Sea Fishery Research Institute (ECSFRI) - Involved in scientific and technological research for the development of fisheries in East China Sea.
www.lib.noaa.gov/china/archi/ecsfri.htm

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA) - 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.
www.icarda.org/

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) - 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.
www.icrisat.org/

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) - A nonprofit international agricultural research and training center established to improve the well-being of present and future generations of rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes.
www.irri.org/

Mekonginfo - An interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management (NRM) in the Lower Mekong Basin. Provides full-text and abstract, Reference and Case Studies, as long as a Contacts Database of individuals, projects and organisations, news, resources and a Forum.
www.mekonginfo.org/

The Red Data Book - A searchable database of threatened bird species of Asia. Includes user contributions of bird sitings.
www.rdb.or.id/

Regional Information Service Centre for Southeast Asia on Appropriate Technology - 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.
www.ist.cmu.ac.th/riseat/index.php

South China Sea Fishery Research Institute (SCSFRI) - Involved in scientific and technological research for the development of fisheries in South China Sea.
www.lib.noaa.gov/china/archi/scsfri.htm

Why Paper Mills Clean Up - World Bank paper (January 1997) on the "Determinants of Pollution Abatement in Four Asian Countries". Abstract in HTML format; full text in PDF format.
www.worldbank.org/html/dec/Publications/Workpapers/wps1710-abstract.html