One million new jobs

October 18th, 2011 | Posted by iip in Earth - (0 Comments)

“We will create one million new jobs in West Java,” said a candidate of local election in a campaign in Bogor. People of West Java province will elect a new governor on April 13, 2008. (update: the candidate was won at the election, no he governs the region)

I wonder how the candidate will implement his program. One million is not a small number, and you should consider a lot facts of economic indicators. I assumed that the candidate have oversight about population, agricultural-based economic, small enterprises and natural resources management.

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Help rural poor with small scale bioenergy

October 6th, 2011 | Posted by iip in Energy - (0 Comments)

There are ways of helping rural poor with energy-based projects, such energy efficient cooking stove to small scale bioenergy.

A joint study of FAO and DFiD shows, when produced on a small-scale in local communities, bioenergy can play a significant role in rural development in poor countries. The study refers to 15 bioenergy projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia involving 12 countries.

Most poor areas in rural area are depending on biomass for cooking and heating. About 80 percent of them sources from wood.

The study highlights possible benefits for rural poor:

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Top 20 World’s cleanest countries

April 20th, 2009 | Posted by iip in Earth - (13 Comments)

A team consisting environmental experts from two America-based universities –Yale and Columbia University –measures 149 countries using 25 indicators tracked across six environmental policy categories.  The result is: Europe countries lead the way on the top of list! Forbes calls the countries placed in the top list as the world’s cleanest countries.

The list shows that countries with better wealth have better ranks of environmental performance as well. The list shows that top-ranked countries have managed water and air pollution and environmental infrastructure in proper way.  They also have adopted policy measures to mitigate the pollution effect.

In contrary, some countries placed in the bottom are countries with conflicts, corruption and poor budget for environmental infrastructure.  Environmental public health seems to be neglected by the regime.

Here top 20 countries of the world’s cleanest countries:

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