Sustainable Development – Page 101

Rhea Colaco According to an international Open Data Index published by ‘Open Knowledge Foundation’, India ranks at #17 (of 122 countries in the index) in the 2015 rankings A major challenge faced in tracking progress across health and nutrition sectors is the unavailability of timely and qual

Business , Climate , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Transport , Water / 09/06/2016

China’s ‘new Silk Road’ could expand Asia’s deserts

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

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

Business , Featured , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 08/26/2016

As The For-Profit World Moves Into An Elder Care Program, Some Worry

Sarah Varney With the support of private equity money, InnovAge aims to aggressively expand a little-known Medicare program that will pay to keep older and disabled Americans out of nursing homes. Inside a senior center here, nestled along a bustling commercial strip, Vivian Malveaux scans her bingo

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

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

Corruption , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Food / 08/07/2016

Syria’s wheat shortage deepens

Hazem Badr Syria’s ongoing wheat harvest is not large enough to feed people living in areas controlled by the government, researchers have warned. According to a study by Syria’s Public Authority for Agricultural Research, Syrian farmers sold 450,000 tons of wheat last year — less than half th

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