Aid
Climate finance failing on forest protection
Lou Del Bello Climate finance, while efficient in sectors such as renewable energy, is not effective in protecting increasingly threatened forests or the rights of […]
Category: Resources
Energy
Running on biogas in Bangladesh
Abu Siddique The Bangladesh government is providing subsidies to set up 44,000 biogas plants through the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), which provides clean […]
Energy
India’s National Register of Large Dams: Shows how little we know about our dams
The number of under construction large dams also sees a huge jump from 312 in 2016 edition to 447 in 2017 edition. This shows […]
Environment
Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river could fuel more conflicts in the country
Julian Kirchherr A dam project on the Irrawaddy river has been extremely unpopular in the country because of its vast negative impacts on livelihoods, […]
Aid
Rabobank and UN Environment create new billion-dollar facility for sustainable agriculture
The Facility aims to finance sustainable land use, help achieve the Paris Climate Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals and aims to provide grants, de-risking instruments […]
Data & Reports
Hunger a ‘Serious’ problem in India, more acute than even Nepal and Bangladesh
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 is just out. India ranks 100th among 119 developing countries. The country has been given a score of […]
Aid
FAO seeks to shift African, Caribbean and Pacific countries from wildmeat to alternative sources of food
A €45 million multi-partner programme launched by FAO intends to halt unsustainable wildlife hunting, conserve their natural heritage and strengthen people’s livelihoods and food […]
Environment
How Mount Agung’s eruption can create the world’s most fertile soil
Budiman Minasny, Anthony Reid, and Dian Fiantis Ash ejected from volcano affects life and cause much nuisance to farmers, burying agricultural land and damaging […]
Biodiversity
Tourism sidelines Conservation in Kaziranga, India
Mubina Akhtar Many protected areas , important wildlife habitats like in Assam that include the two World Heritage Sites–Kaziranga and Manas National Park–are under pressure from an […]
Biodiversity
Widespread abuse funded by big conservation organizations
A new Survival International report details widespread and systematic human rights abuses in the Congo Basin, by wildlife guards funded by the World Wildlife […]
Food
Niyamgiri tribe revive wild harvests after Vedanta victory, India
Abhijit Mohanty Judicious use of wild uncultivated foods and revival of indigenous crops are helping the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri to boost food […]
Biodiversity
Climate Justice in Sapmi: Frontline truths from Europe’s Far North
The indigenous Saami live in the Arctic regions of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, at the frontlines of climate change. In this video, Jonas […]
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