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Contra Nocdendi International/NGO partner ASODECOM is a civil society organisation in Burundi that engages in human rights and development issues through programs, advice and advocacy. A significant […]
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Vijay Krishna The Solapur model under a Maharashtra government programme stands as a real example that could be successfully emulated On being urged to by […]
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A comic take on climate change since the glacial age This comic was originally published in xkcd.com and is shared here under creative commons attribute.
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Shachi Chaturvedi A 2016 interim report done by Sehgal Foundation on the project points out that water harvesting structures under Jaldhaara have conserved 714,431 […]
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Rhea Colaco According to an international Open Data Index published by ‘Open Knowledge Foundation’, India ranks at #17 (of 122 countries in the […]
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Liu Qin China’s massive Asian infrastructure network of proposed new roads and railways, new ports and airports, linking 65 countries to itself must grapple […]
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Marianne de Nazareth Over 1.2 million children in Karnataka in the age group of 0-6 years are malnourished and underweight, says a government report Reading […]
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Rafał Chudy My view about the UN-REDD is very straightforward: it simply does not work and will never do, as it is based […]
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Estiene Jordaan and Jacquie van der Waals Charcoal rot is caused by a fungus that invades various agricultural crops and gives them a charred appearance. […]
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Todd Reubold Somsak Sriphumthong is on a caffeine-fueled mission. After years living and working abroad, the organic farmer and community leader returned to his […]
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Sarah Varney With the support of private equity money, InnovAge aims to aggressively expand a little-known Medicare program that will pay to keep older […]
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Madison Stewart In 2016 I spent time with ‘Mark the Shark’ and ‘Vic Hislop’, two infamous shark hunters. I managed to sit down with […]
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Jayanta Basu As sea water warms due to climate change, it expands; this rise in volume upsets the balance of tectonic plates, says a […]
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David Sánchez/Food and Water Europe Valladolid, a city of around 300,000 inhabitants took the first step to recover public control of water management Just one […]
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Rafal Chudy Near the coast of Alabama, scuba divers discovered a primeval underwater forest. The cypress forest was protected in an oxygen-free environment for […]
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Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope […]
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Marianne Furtado de Nazareth Mud-puddling is used by many insects, mainly seen in butterflies who use this behaviour to take nutrients from the soil Mud-puddling is […]
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Amitangshu Acharya As Bihar is deluged again this year, with 89 lives lost so far, here are stories and images of survival, loss and […]
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Hazem Badr Syria’s ongoing wheat harvest is not large enough to feed people living in areas controlled by the government, researchers have warned. According […]
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Marianne Furtado de Nazareth Women must understand that the traditional concept that a mother hides herself away when breast feeding should be ignored and […]
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The overall drop after five months of growth reflects a slide in prices for grains and vegetable oils Wheat prices fell in July driven […]
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Oommen Kurian The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India came out with ‘The Delhi Commitment on Sustainable Development Goal for Health’ that promises […]
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Peter Fairley Political hurdles and low prices have made carbon pricing a low-impact affair. But there’s still hope it can help limit climate change. […]
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Falko Buschke In a study, eight-year-olds could identify 78% of Pokémon but just 53% of real species. The experiment showed that an appreciation […]
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