Quinn
July 10th, 2007, 11:18 AM
MANILA (AFP) - Rising sea levels triggered by climate change pose an "ominous" threat to some of the world's most productive rice-growing areas, the International Rice Research Institute has warned.
The Philippines-based institution is devoting fresh efforts to mitigating the coming threat, but senior climate scientist Reiner Wassman said adequate funding had yet to materialise.
"Some of Asia's most important rice-growing areas are located in low-lying deltas, which play a vital role in regional food security and supplying export markets," Wassman told the IRRI magazine Rice Today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070709/sc_afp/environmentclimaterice_070709111259;_ylt=At9fPtge4 7vadefgU5zMWmbMWM0F
The Philippines-based institution is devoting fresh efforts to mitigating the coming threat, but senior climate scientist Reiner Wassman said adequate funding had yet to materialise.
"Some of Asia's most important rice-growing areas are located in low-lying deltas, which play a vital role in regional food security and supplying export markets," Wassman told the IRRI magazine Rice Today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070709/sc_afp/environmentclimaterice_070709111259;_ylt=At9fPtge4 7vadefgU5zMWmbMWM0F