Imprint (Volume 13)

Imprint (Volume 13)

The APN Science Bulletin (e-ISSN 2522-7971) is a peer-reviewed digital publication that features research and capacity building projects funded by APN. The Science Bulletin is intended for readers from both science and policymaking communities, as well as young scientists in the Asia-Pacific region who are keen on issues related to global environmental change, sustainable development and the science of sustainability.

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Managing Editor

  • Dr Linda Anne Stevenson, Acting Director, APN Secretariat

Editorial Advisory Committee

  • P.C. Abhilash, Banaras Hindu University, India
  • Edwin Abucay, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
  • Ghani Akbar, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Amjad, Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Pakistan
  • Jariya Boonjawat, Southeast Asia START Regional Center, Thailand
  • Kalpana Chaudhari, Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College; Institute for Sustainable Development and Research, India
  • Jing Chen, Beijing Normal University, China
  • Chamindu Deepagoda, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Edris Elam, Rabdan Academy, United Arab Emirates
  • Mohan Geetha, University of Toyama, Japan
  • Virendra Goswami, Sharda University, India
  • Manish Kumar Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
  • Sandya Guansekara, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Rafiqul Islam, UN Development Programme, Bangladesh
  • Wajid Nasim Jatoi, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Joni Jupesta, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Japan
  • Suparana Katyaini, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
  • Seung Hee Kim, Chapman University, United States of America
  • Ashwani Kumar Aggarwal, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
  • Manish Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
  • Pankaj Kumar, Govind Ballabh Pant University, India
  • Pankaj Kumar, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
  • Leila Landicho, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
  • Junaid Alam Memon, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan
  • Tirthankar Nag, International Management Institute Kolkata, India
  • Le Van Nam, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, Vietnam
  • Andreas Neef, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Kim Chi Ngo, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
  • Indrajit Pal, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • Rajiv Pandey, Forest Research Institute, India
  • Navaraj Perumalsamy, Annai Fathima College, Yadava College, India
  • Worradorn Phairuang, Kanazawa University, Japan
  • Lynlei Pintor, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Philippines
  • Algappan Ramanathan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
  • Yuhan Rao, North Carolina State University, United States of America
  • Saeed Ahmad Qaisrani, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammed Hassan Raza, MNS-University of Agriculture, Pakistan
  • Mohamed Esham Sabaragamuwa, University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
  • I Putu Santikayasa, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
  • Imran Shahid, Qatar University, Qatar
  • Ho Ngoc Son, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam
  • Lakshmi Kumar Tv, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
  • Sudeep Uprety, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
  • Stefano Vignudelli, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
  • Katharina Waha, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
  • Xiaojun Wang, Research Center for Climate Change, Ministry of Water Resources, China
  • Fariza Yunus, Malaysian Meteorological Department, Malaysia

Editorial Team

  • Naomi Young, Nafesa Ismail, Xiaojun Deng and Mia Aranas, APN Secretariat