Many mines were operating in dry and deciduous forest lands on India's western ghat region, flouting environment laws, he claimed.
Dr Schulte explained the team decided to carry out the study in order to identify effective indicator species that offered an insight into the health of the region's environment.
And what we want to do is to create an environment in this region in which peace and security are a given.
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An international team of researchers and scientists has been studying the impacts of the oil spill on the region's people and environment.
We believe it will be an important block trading venue for Asian markets, attracting new participants and improving the trading environment in the region.
This decline in the anticipated first quarter EPS points to the effect of the European sovereign debt crises, slowing growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the weak economic environment in the U.S. In addition, the company faces increased pressure on its net income on account of higher pension contributions, which have increased as a result of historically low interest rates.
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The website is devoted to protecting the environment in the Himalayan region.
Before the carretera (highway), the only road access to this remote part of Patagonia involved travelling through neighbouring Argentina, meaning that the region retains a spectacularly rugged, unspoiled environment and a strong identity.
Besides Brazil's tough conservation laws, there are now countless projects, often backed by multilateral agencies, to develop sustainable forestry, eco-tourism and other means of providing a living for the region's inhabitants without harming their environment.
In her opening address, Ms Bokova stressed the importance to act where needs were most acute, pointing to Africa where over 300 of the 800 million people in the Sub-Saharan region live in a water-scarce environment.
Our objective is to shape the environment in the Asia Pacific region in which the peaceful rise of important countries, including China, contributes to the common good, is fundamentally stabilizing and not destabilizing, and in which every party can contribute to the work at hand.
Its attention to the rule of law and good business practices created a largely corruption-free environment and a financial system among the region's soundest and best-regulated.
Traditionally, the region has focussed on nature, ecology and the environment rather than the social and economic dimensions of SD and this will need to be addressed through ESD as well.
Flood defence schemes will be set up across the south east as part of an Environment Agency (EA) campaign to prepare the region for flooding.
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Special emphasis is being given to teaching practices that put in perspective the interrelationships between environments, cultures, developments and education relating to the environment for sustainable development in the countries of the region.
Going forward, as the economic environment further improves, and the revenues from this region picks up, we expect the Wealth Management Americas operating margin to gradually increase to around 7% by the end of the Trefis forecast period.
"Elections held in such an environment will... bring embarrassment to the Sadc region and the entire continent of Africa, " he said then.
We've already seen 220 miles worth of levees and flood walls repaired, and we are working to strengthen the wetlands and barrier islands that are the first line of defense for the Gulf Coast. (Applause.) This isn't just critical to this region's physical protection, it's critical to our environment, it's critical to our economy.
Even a minor incident in the region could have huge implications for future exploration, as well as for the environment.
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The competitive environment has led some smaller private bankers to pull out of the region, and industry executives expect more firms will leave the market.
The European Federation for Transport and Environment said in a recent report that around 75% of the region's auto makers were failing to improve fuel efficiency and meet the voluntary targets set by the EU, having reduced CO2 emissions by only around 1% from last year.
Dutta said the region benefited from its early adoption of technology, strong educational system and stable macroeconomic environment.
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Last year, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme said that over half a century of oil operation in the region, by firms including Shell, had caused deeper damage to the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta than earlier estimated.
Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday invited his counterparts from the countries in the region for an informal meeting at the sideline of the climate conference here.
With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region.
"The main issue to assess is whether the Algerian event represents a new ongoing threat and a general associated elevation in the risk environment or a one-off occurrence which may now result actually in tighter security in the region, " says Nick Robson, the head of Jardine Lloyd Thompson's credit, political and security risk business.
Marwan Muasher, a former Jordanian foreign minister and longtime advocate of Arab reform, said Wednesday that the Middle East is a new environment now, where young men and women are laying their lives on the line for democracy throughout the region.
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