This article reviews climate change mitigation policies implemented in five major emitting
economies: China, the European Union, India, Japan and the United States. It analyses their …

Southeast Asia is a major rice-producing region with a high level of internal consumption
and accounting for 40% of global rice exports. Limited land resources, climate change and …

Rice breeding was conducted for a long time during historical times and is an important job
in Vietnam because rice is the major food for domestic consumption and export. In this …

Fears about global food security led to a spike in food prices in 2008, social unrest and
pushed a further 100 million people into poverty. Prices remain high and volatile. In this …

Public concern in Vietnam is increasing with respect to pesticide pollution of the
environment and of drinking water resources. While established monitoring programs in the …

We test an emerging theory of the forest transition using the case of Vietnam. In the early
1990s, decollectivisation of agriculture, allocation of forestry land to households, and the …

Challenging dynamics are unfolding in social-ecological systems around the globe as
society attempts to mitigate and adapt to climate change while sustaining rapid local …

Across the globe, urban areas are rapidly expanding, and now the majority of the world's
population lives in cities. Peri-urbanization, a specific form of urbanization characterized by …

The terms of debate on the role of institutions in economic development are changing.
Stable market institutions, in particular, secure private property rights and democratically …

Abstract Background In Vietnam, large amounts of pesticides are being used in agriculture.
Next to benefits for agriculture, pesticides impose a huge threat to the environment when …