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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 their inhabitants, a new report shows. “It’s just so much easier to put money into wind farms,” Charlotte Streck, di

Energy , Sustainable Development / 10/22/2017

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 to around 200,000 people. Cooking with wood burners is common in Bangladesh’s rural villages, but the norm has be

Energy , Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/21/2017

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 that India has possibly the highest number of under construction big dams, compared to any other country in the world. The Central Water Commission (CWC) of India’s Union M

Environment , Water / 10/19/2017

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, disrupting fisheries and local agriculture. Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the coun

Aid , Business , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/16/2017

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 and credit to clients involved in sustainable agricultural production Rabobank and UN Environment announced the creation of a

Data & Reports , Featured , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/12/2017

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 31.4 score in the index and that puts it at a high end ‘Serious’ zone. Even North Korea with 93 rank and Iraq at 78th place fare better than India. A [&hell

Aid , Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Sustainable Development / 10/10/2017

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 security. Funded by the European Commission, the seven-year programme is an initiative of the African Caribbean a

Environment , Soil / 10/07/2017

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 crops. However, in the long term, the ash will create world’s most productive soils. Mount Agung in Bali is currently on the verge of eru

Biodiversity , Environment , Sustainable Development / 10/03/2017

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 ever increasing flow of tourists round the year and this is affecting conservation efforts Forest guar

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 09/26/2017

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 Fund (WWF) and other big conservation organizations. The report documents serious instances of abuse between 1989 and the present day in Cam

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