This publication provides an overview of global and regional environmental issues policy decisions during 2009.

A short biography of Gayatri Devi

A report on communal violence.

This booklet discusses how energy sufficiency is the best solution for reducing energy consumption and waste. It presents policies for reducing global energy consumption such as energy auditing, phasing out incandescent light bulbs, combined heat/cooling energy and power, carbon-negative cooking, smart metering, area road pricing, and other measures.

According to the abstract, the purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative research methodology for analyzing the costs of dealing with climate change.

Urbanization is a global phenomenon that has transformed and continues to alter landscapes and the ways in which societies function and develop. For this issue of UGEC Viewpoints, the editors collected case-studies presented at the Open Meeting that span across regions and themes: from Australia and the United States, as well as the less developed nations in Africa, megacities of Asia such as Dhaka, Bangladesh and Delhi, India, vulnerable coastal areas of the Yucatan Peninsula, and the largest rainforest in the world, the Brazilian Amazon. Currently, more than half of the world's population lives in cities; the United Nations projects that by 2030 the world will advance to the 60% urbanization threshold. Rapid urbanization effects will not only be present within the immediate locations (cities and their metropolitan areas), but will be experienced regionally and globally. The UGEC project seeks to better understand these implications and the complex dynamic systems of urban areas that affect and are affected by global environmental change (e.g., climate change, natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, freshwater ecosystem decline, desertification, and land degradation). Several commonalities are readily identifiable in the authors' research, some of which include an attention to the roles of the governance structures within …

Wordlist of word in English and indigenous languages of Manipur. This wordlist during the Workshop for the Development of a Multilingual Glossary of Selected Languages of Manipur in Imphal.

Transcription of Khuu kseem paomin (the story of the Creation of Villages) as told by Suungnem Bunghon and recorded by Rex Khullar.

Transcription of a Benglam Story, as told by Grace Sankhil. This Benglam story is about what happens when Beglam is on his way to bury a child.

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa le humpii paa paomin (the Story of the Squirrel and the Tiger), as narrated by Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi Lamkang VIllage in Chandel District Manipur, India.

Transcription of a retelling of Chaa paa kdum ki paomin (Story of Three Sons), as narrated by Bunghon Sankhil. Asked by their parents what they would like to do, the first son answers he wants to join the army, the second that he wants to work. But, the third son refuses to work. The father leads the third son away to abandon him. The boy hears a tiger and has it try some fruit from the tree. While feeding the tiger, he skewers it. A pair of crows comes by and the boy catches the female, then makes the male check on the tiger before releasing her. Assured that the tiger is dead, the boy comes down from the tree. A pair of wildcats place a spell on him. when they run away, he gets control over their spell. He meets a pair of women and displays his magic to them. He tells the women to obey him, and that if they want to see his magic, they must marry him. They agree. After they've married, the boy refuses to pitch in on a building project, and the others decide to kill him. Their plan goes awry and they beg …

Transcription of Grace telling about her trip from plane trip from Imphal to Calcutta.