Diversity and distribution of copepods (Class: Maxillopoda, Subclass: Copepoda) in groundwater habitats across South-East Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Mark Louie D. Lopez ◽  
Rey Donne S. Papa
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Species Accumulation Curve ◽  
The Past ◽  
Accumulation Curve ◽  
The Status ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
High Possibility ◽  
Groundwater Wells

Copepods have successfully penetrated the groundwater realm through a series of morphological diversifications and adaptations. Research on this taxon has increased over the past decade because of its potential in revealing the status of groundwater environmental health and biodiversity. Despite efforts in documenting this group in other regions, groundwater copepods in South-East Asia remain barely studied. To date, only 47 species belonging to 22 genera from Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida and Calanoida have been documented from groundwater and groundwater-dependent habitats across the region. The steep species accumulation curve from 1980 up to the present indicates a high possibility of discovering more new species. Spatial distribution shows high local endemicity than regional scales, where some species considered to be rare and endemic were actually common in local habitats. Overall, the low number of records in the region is because of the lack of experts and limited accessibility to groundwater and dependent ecosystems, like aquifers and groundwater wells. A more intensive effort in documenting the diversity and distribution of groundwater copepods and building collaborations between experts in the region is highly needed. This information is important in drafting future conservation and management policies for the groundwater resources in the region.

scholarly journals China’s Revisionism Versus India’s Status Quoism: Strategies and Counter-strategies of Rivals in Doklam Standoff

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-100
Author(s):  
Suneel Kumar
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
The Status ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Regional Position ◽  
Global Agenda

This article contends that China, as a part of its broader global agenda, is striving to recast the regional order in East Asia, South East Asia, and South Asia. Its revisionist moves and growing influence in South Asia are perceived by New Delhi as challenge to its national security and regional position thus forcing it to counter the Chinese moves and preserve the status quo ensuing into bilateral rivalry. Doklam standoff was an outcome of this bilateral rivalry between the two emerging Asian powers as Beijing attempted unilaterally to alter the prevailing territorial arrangement in the area of dispute and New Delhi counter-attempted to maintain the status quo. During the standoff, China projected itself as ‘victim’ of India’s aggression while making provocative military deployments and threats of war against India. Opposite to this, India absorbed Beijing’s pressure and defended its move in Doklam giving the logic of its ‘security concerns’ and ‘special relationship’ with Bhutan. New Delhi asked Beijing to resolve the dispute diplomatically while emphasizing on their troops’ mutual withdrawal from the site of standoff.

South-east Asian demand for crowdfunding could grow

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
East Asian ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Product Returns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regulatory Reforms

Subject Crowdfunding in South-east Asia. Significance Regulatory reforms have made possible a range of alternative financing initiatives that raised almost 84 million dollars for small businesses in the past three years from South-east Asian platforms alone. Crowdfunding is the fastest-growing segment, though amounts are still small. Impacts Further industry-specific regulatory reforms will be required to support South-east Asian crowdfunding. Facing competition, more banks will be forced to offer online crowdfunding-related products. However, low product returns could be a disincentive to large investor interest in crowdfunding.

scholarly journals The rediscovery of Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea with a review of previous records

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Thewlis ◽  
Robert J. Timmins
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conservation Measures

SummaryThe Giant Ibis Pseudibis gigantea was formerly more widespread in mainland South-East Asia, being found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. However, it has always been scarce throughout its range and has declined dramatically over the past 50 years as a result of habitat destruction, disturbance and hunting. This paper documents the species's decline with a review of all previous records including the recent sightings between 1993 and 1995, and suggests conservation measures to be taken for its continued survival.

Two Appeals by the International Committee: For the Victims of the Conflict in South-East Asia - For the Benefit of Victims of the Events in Ceylon

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (124) ◽  
pp. 375-379
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Past ◽  
To Come ◽  
General Appeal

On 25 May 1971, the International Committee launched the following appeal to National Red Cross Societies:During the past few years, several appeals have been made for assistance to the various countries affected by the war in South-East Asia: Laos—January 1968; Vietnam—February 1968; Laos—April 1970; Cambodia—June 1970. In view of the permanent state of war which exists throughout Indochina, and in view of the infinite suffering resulting therefrom, the International Committee of the Red Cross is today making a general appeal to the generosity of National Societies, calling on them to come to the aid of all the victims of the conflict, regardless of political or ideological affinities.

“Love Thy Neighbour”; Forging Links with Countries in the South Pacific Region

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Penny Price
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Education For All ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
The South ◽  
The Past ◽  
Australian Association ◽  
Regional Conference

I am honoured by your invitation to present a Keynote Address at the 19th National Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education, and particularly pleased to have the opportunity to return to Darwin. I last visited here in 1990, to attend the UNESCO South East Asia and South Pacific Sub-Regional Conference “Education for All”. In 1991 I left Australia to undertake an AIDAB (now known as AusAID), project in the South Pacific region. So I have had the opportunity to view at first hand the progress that has been made towards the UNESCO goal of “Education for AH”, in a number of Pacific countries, during the past four years.

scholarly journals Fragments Shored against Ruins: Denis Byrne’s Surface Collection

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Gillen
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
The Past ◽  
Baroque Music

Denis Byrne’s Surface Collection is a finely written philosophical travelogue, taking the reader on an archaeological tour of South Asia that is also a personal quest and a critique of heritage conservation. Its closely organised structure, reminiscent of baroque music, begins with an investigation of the modes of erasure or preservation of the recent past in South East Asia, shifts to an ironic narrative of futile quests for historical traces, and concludes with reflections on the clash of popular Buddhist relic worship with the values of heritage conservation. Byrne stages the latter conflict as between magical and rationalistic worldviews. Mildly dissenting, this essay suggests that although heritage conservation deploys scientific meanss, it is based on the sacralisation of the past. This motivation brings it closer to magic than to core tenets of Enlightenment, either of the Rational or the Buddhist kind.

scholarly journals Expansion of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in east Asia during the non-breeding period

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linqiang Gao ◽  
Chunrong Mi ◽  
Yumin Guo
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Northeast Russia ◽  
Grus Canadensis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Occurrence Data ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sandhill Cranes ◽  
Past Half

Aim Historically, the distribution of Sandhill Cranes included much of North America and extending in summer into northeast Russia. In recent years, observations of sandhill cranes in Asia during the non-breeding period have been frequently reported. However, the distribution and abundance of sandhill cranes during the non-breeding period in Asia have rarely been summarized and studied. Our study aimed to analyze the status of sandhill cranes that have spread south into East Asia during the non-breeding period and to assess the possible impacts of their potential spread. Methods Based on opportunistic data collected in the field and occurrence data collected online over the past half century, we used Geographic Information System to visualize the spatial distribution changes and regression analysis to analyze and visualize the changes in the amount of individuals over time. Results In the last 50 years, the distribution of sandhill cranes during the non-breeding season in Asia spanned 31 degrees in longitude to the west and 15 degrees in latitude to the south. Their distribution in Asia has expanded to 17 provinces and municipalities in China, Japan and South Korea. The amount of cranes in the non-breeding period in Asia increased significantly from 1963 to 2017. According to the historical records in East Asia, sandhill cranes were mixed with five other species of crane groups. Main conclusions These results indicate that the range and amount of sandhill cranes have expanded. Sandhill cranes were mixed with five other crane species, which indicate their adaptability to a range of habitat types and food resources. The implications of these trends in sandhill cranes in East Asia for this and other crane species warrants further research.

The World’s Largest Water Fight, or the Battle for the Soul of a Festival,Songkran in Thailand and South East Asia

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Newbold
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
White Powder ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Close Relatives

The Songkran Festival in Thailand, although not an indigenous festival, has become the most popular one in the region with tourists, which is why people around the world have assumed that it was originally from Thailand. Traditionally it is a time for reunions, house cleaning and Buddhist rituals and observances, however, it is water that is at the heart of Songkran. Water is celebrated as a blessing and is given as a sign of respect; festival participants sprinkle, splash or douse each other with water as an act of cleansing and good wishes. Traditionally in Thailand Din Sor Pong (white powder) or coloured powders are smeared on the celebrants’ faces, representing the sins of the past which can then be washed away by the water pitched at them by close relatives, friends or other revellers. This traditional lunar new year festival is celebrated by many of the bordering countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Yunnan Province China where the new year festival is variously known as Chaul Chnam Thumey in Cambodia, Thingyuan in Myanmar, and Pbee Mai Lao in Laos. For the Dai people in the Dehong area of southern Yunnan Province of China it is called Shangkran or Shangjian, pointing to its common Buddhist roots with Songkran in Thailand. As we shall see, the festival has become an important tourist attraction for these countries, but nowhere is it more exuberantly celebrated and enthusiastically marketed than in Thailand.

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