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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 with the same problem as the ancient Silk Road it has been named after. Sand. Deserts present as big a problem along the “Silk Road Economi

Business , Education , Food , Health / 09/05/2016

Looking at malnutrition in Karnataka, India during National Nutrition Week

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 the shocking figures of malnutrition in 21st century India can be disconcerting. And according to research with facts and figures, the numbers

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/05/2016

RE(D)D is BAD!

Rafał Chudy My view about the UN-REDD is very straightforward: it simply does not work and will never do, as it is based on wrong premises. I mean here that it will never realize targets included in its long name. However, I strongly argue that this program plays perfectly important political ro

Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources / 09/05/2016

Charcoal rot: a threat to staple food crops in South Africa

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. The disease is becoming more widespread in South Africa – which is worrying, since it can dramatically affect crop yields which drives

Business , Environment , Food , Multimedia , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Videos / 08/26/2016

This Man Turned an Opium Field into a Sustainable Coffee Farm in Thailand

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 native Thailand several years ago — during a time when the forests were being cleared for opium fields and rice plantations. Seeking a su

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Labour , Resources , Videos / 08/16/2016

The Shark Hunters: Film

Madison Stewart In 2016 I spent time with ‘Mark the Shark’ and ‘Vic Hislop’, two infamous shark hunters. I managed to sit down with and interview both, and join Mark for a day on his boat. This is the film I created about my interactions with the two men. Shark hunters repres

Business , Corruption , Water / 08/14/2016

Reversing The Tide: Spain Moves Into Water Remunicipalization

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 year ago we were arguing about how Spain was still resisting the last wave of water privatization, as a result of austerity policies and d

Environment , Forests , Videos / 08/14/2016

50,000 years old forest discovered under water

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 more than 50 thousands years. Most likely, the forest was uncovered from ocean sediments by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Ben Raines, one of

Corruption , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights / 08/11/2016

Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen

Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope to feed their families have been shot at from a police helicopter – which later crashed injuring six officers – while it was enforcing Botswana

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Water / 08/08/2016

Wedded to uncertainty: Stories of women married into families in the floodplains of Bihar, India

Amitangshu Acharya As Bihar is deluged again this year, with 89 lives lost so far, here are stories and images of survival, loss and resilience on villages near Gandak river basin One fateful night in August 2013, Gandak River breached the Gopalganj highway in Bihar and made its way through a small

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