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Secret negotiations of free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada leaves loopholes that can allow water to be considered a trade-able good, says the European Water Movement. During the negotiations of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada (know as CETA), the

Aid , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Multimedia , Resources , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/28/2015

Indigenous Baka people report more abuse despite assurances

In new video testimonies, Baka “Pygmies” in southeast Cameroon have reported ongoing abuse and torture at the hands of wildlife officers World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has helped to create a new protected area without the consent of the Baka or their neighbors. Baka living to the south of th

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/27/2015

Rubber company expelled from Forest Stewardship Council

Rubber giant expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) due to illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. In November 2014, Global Witness, that works on corruption in natural resource management complained to the FSC about illegal act

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/27/2015

How to build a city fit for 50℃ heatwaves

Adrian Pitts We will have to make significant changes to building design. Traditional ideas from hot regions of the world will resurface but enhanced with smarter materials Orignially posted at The Conversation, that generates news and views from the academic and research community. Republished by S

Corruption , Data & Reports , Human Rights / 10/23/2015

“Silence Is Too Often The Only Safe Option Left” – UN Report On Sources and Whistleblowers

Governments and international organizations are failing to ensure adequate protections to whistleblowers and sources of information, according to a new report Countless sources and whistleblowers around the world are intimidated by officials, co-workers, and others, depriving everyone of information

Aid , Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Food , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/17/2015

Social protection can eradicate hunger: FAO

Poverty among those employed in fisheries remains widespread globally At least 368 million children receive food at school each day In Zambia, a cash-grants program led households to increase livestock ownership In rural Brazil, gender inequalities reduced by making mandatory joint ownership of

Climate , Environment , Human Rights , Migration , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 10/15/2015

We are entering a new era of migration – and not just for people

Jessica Hellmann, University of Minnesota and David Ackerly, University of California, Berkeley “As ecologists, we know one thing for sure: when the climate changes, organisms move”. The world is watching as refugees flood into a Europe unprepared for the new arrivals. Conflict and socia

Education , Gender , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/08/2015

Counting every birth and death could make a difference to health inequities in Africa

Samuel Oti, University of the Witwatersrand Many African governments were unable to monitor the millennium development goals because they lacked the vital statistics For many African countries and especially among poorer communities, when people die there is no trace in any official legal record or

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Multimedia , Resources , Videos / 10/04/2015

Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting

Olosho, produced by the Masai community is a powerful video highlighting the land-rights struggle against global companies and the Tanzanian government The film was created by six members of the Maasai community, from Loliondo, Tanzania who have been battling over twenty years to protect their p

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Featured , Health , Human Rights , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/30/2015

African Dams linked to over one million malaria cases

Dam projects need to consider better disease control measures Over one million people in sub-Saharan Africa will contract malaria in 2015 because they live near a large dam, according to a new study. For the first time, data was correlated with the location of large dams with incidence of malaria an

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