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The intensification of agriculture and the accompanying clearance of forest lands for cropping and grazing had been driving diverse wildlife species together and pushing wildlife and livestock into overlapping environments. It’s hard to deny it any longer: 2020 is getting seriously apocalyptic. La

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Disasters , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Water / 05/26/2020

After Cyclone Amphan, broken houses and rotting fish

Joydeep Gupta Residents of the Sundarbans wonder why they are rebuilding, when their lands have been encroached for years by the seas, and their huts that will fall down in the next cyclone “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Gender , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/24/2020

SDG setback ‘tremendous’ as COVID-19 accelerates slide

Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate change have gone backwards or stalled, the United Nations Secretary-General warns in a new report, as the COVID-19 outbreak moves from being a health crisis to becoming the “worst human and economic

Business , Environment , Resources , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Waste / 05/21/2020

I’m a bit of a modern-day alchemist, recovering gold from old mobile phones

Sandra Wilson, University of Dundee Smartphones contain about 60 different elements – including not only gold but copper and silver too. All three are good conductors of electricity, and circuits usually receive a thin covering of gold because it doesn’t corrode and so ensures a durable connecti

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 05/19/2020

GLOBAL FINANCE ENABLING DESTRUCTION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA RAIN FORESTS

A new investigation from anti-corruption NGO Global Witness has uncovered how global financial institutions – including the likes of Blackrock and the Norway Government Pension Fund – are backing Malaysian banks linked to a hugely destructive logging project in Papua New Guinea, that a

Biodiversity , Disasters , Health , Sustainable Development / 05/18/2020

Pandemic for pigs hits northeast India

Farhana Ahmed African Swine Flu, highly contagious, with no vaccine, no cure, and has decimated pig populations in East and Southeast Asia has reached India’s northeast, possibly through carcasses floating down from China Mukti Doley and his three friends covered their faces as they rowed next to

Cities , Environment , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/16/2020

Another Indian city, Bhubaneswar, inching closer to a groundwater crisis

Pragati Prava The capital city of Odisha is inching towards becoming a semi-critical zone so far as the groundwater scenario is concerned. With groundwater extraction reaching 64% at this point of time, the city having a population of over 1.3 million may not take very long to exceed 70% usage or a

Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Sustainable Development / 05/14/2020

COVID-19 can compromise the transition to clean energy: WEF

The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls in demand, price volatility and pressure to quickly mitigate socioeconomic costs placing the near-term trajectory of the transition in doubt. World Economic Forum releases study m

Biodiversity , COVID-19 , Environment , Health , Resources , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 05/10/2020

A healthy ocean can help fight pandemics

Torsten Thiele, Marie-Christine Imbert, Timothy Bouley Marine life is full of potential treatments, including the first antiviral approved for Covid-19 patients Covid-19 is forcing the world to rethink our economies, supply chains and science. Widespread inconsideration of biology and ecology in

Biodiversity , Business , COVID-19 , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 05/09/2020

Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders

Mauricio Torres and Sue Branford Indigenous land rights have been under constant attack by the government since Bolsonaro took office in January 2019. Even before he took over, the presidential campaigner hinted that he would grab back land from the Indians. FUNAI, Brazil’s indigenous agency,

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