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Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farmland Jane Gyampo, a resident of Sejimari village in Ghana’s Eastern Region, leased her six-acre plot of land to a mining company in 2013 for five years. She says she received a meagre $US 700 from t

Business , Education , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/12/2019

UNEP launches new textbook on the Green Economy

This text book on the green economy model is a systematic framework that speaks to policy advisers and business executives, and graduate students who will step into those positions in the coming years. This textbook attempts to offer that systematic framework for the green economy model. It builds o

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Food , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 06/10/2019

Nigerian fishers hit by criminals, imports and climate change

Nosmot Gbadamosi From African waters to China and back again, over half the fish on Nigerian tables is imported Makoko: the fishing community running out of fish There is a legend about the neighbourhood of Makoko. It holds that birth in the “world’s largest floating slum” is celebrated by the

Business , Corruption , Energy , Sustainable Development / 06/03/2019

BBC expose on $10BN deal shows BP maybe complicit in corruption

The BBC exposed how oil giant BP promised as much as $10 billion to one of the world’s most notorious businessmen, in exchange for a stake in much coveted natural gas fields off the coast of Senegal. These secret payments raise concerns that one of Britain’s biggest companies could have been c

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 06/01/2019

WWF hit by another exposé of ranger abuses

A new investigation has uncovered further revelations of WWF-linked abuses of local people in the name of conservation. It’s the third major exposé this year since Survival International drew attention to the organization’s funding of an illegal conservation project. In Forest of Fear, part o

Environment , Health , Resources , Sustainable Development , Videos , Waste , Water / 05/28/2019

Watch in VR-TRASHED: The Tijuana River Valley Pollution Crisis

JOVRNALISM Both sides of the border are dealing with pollution from the Tijuana River Valley where thousands of tires and plastic bottles turn into incubators for viruses like E. coli and Zika. Explore the U.S.-side at the Effie May Trail and Goat Canyon, plus see how a Tijuana neighborhood is liter

Business , Data & Reports , Food , Health , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 05/26/2019

Five billion people at risk from industrial trans fat exposure

A new report REPLACE summarizes country actions to ban industrially produced trans fat and makes recommendations for action to achieve the 2023 goal for global elimination. Six countries restricted industrially produced trans fat since 2018, and another 24 countries, including the European Union, re

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 05/25/2019

In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?

Priorities at #national and #international levels can be at odds with those of #local and #Indigenous #communities and a major chunk of #conservation efforts focused on “charismatic #megafauna”- popular #species as opposed to lesser and smaller species

Biodiversity , Environment , Featured , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/22/2019

Just One-Third of the World’s Longest Rivers Remain Free-Flowing

Only 21 of the world’s 91 rivers longer than 1,000 km that originally flowed to the ocean still retain a direct connection from source to sea. Only 37% of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing Nearly 60,000 large dams exist worldwide, with more than 3,700 currently planned or under

Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Waste / 05/19/2019

What happens when you throw away pencil cells?

Amita Bhaduri Study reveals how tossing of dry cell batteries in our dustbins poisons the environment A recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimate

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