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Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in 2021 as lockdowns affect supply and demand across the sector, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The report, The impact of C

Aid , Governance , Labour , Sustainable Development / 01/11/2021

Book Review: Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible

Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual meaning. It both reflects that this class of workers is rarely seen and also that much of their work is itself unnoticed and underappreciated. Donor officials are prominent in the performative ‘fro

Aid , COVID-19 , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Sustainable Development / 12/16/2020

Indian signs a second 400 million USD loan for COVID 19 with WB to assist poor households

The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $400 million project to support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the second operation in a programmatic series of two. The first operation of

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Gender , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/27/2020

Forests or plantations: What can heal an ailing earth? These indigenous women have some conservation tips

RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, there have been criticisms from various sections of society and experts to the obsession with planting trees. Scientists and experts have raised serious concerns regarding the effectiveness of su

Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 11/24/2020

WWF commissioned report acknowledges human rights abuses in WWF projects

WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report from an Independent Panel it commissioned last year to review WWF’s role in relation to reported human rights abuses by some government rangers in the most complex and remote areas where it works.

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Governance , Labour , Resources , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 11/16/2020

Community restores private forests for sustainable future in India

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Private forest owners have been restoring degraded lands, improving green cover and livelihood opportunities. The initiative helps in biodiversity conservation and maintenance of wildlife corridor as well Balkrishna Nathuram Bhomkar,a resident of Bopoli village in Satara distr

Business , COVID-19 , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Sustainable Development / 11/12/2020

Re-engaging and Motivating Employees under COVID-19

Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effects of the global health crisis remain difficult to assess, the immediate impact of the pandemic is felt by all businesses around the world. Managers are faced with multiple challenges that span from r

Business , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Gender , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/27/2020

No country has achieved gender equality in last 25 years

Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics, a new UN report. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economi

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Labour , Sustainable Development / 10/24/2020

Medicinal plants disappearing in Jammu and Kashmir

Mudassir Kuloo The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to extinction In one month, Mohammad Adil, a research scholar studying the reproductive biology of medicinal plants, made two journeys to Afarwat,

Aid , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/10/2020

New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality across countries

Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks last, majority of world’s countries are woefully unprepared for COVID-19 Very low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labour rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were woefully ill-equipped

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