Sustainable Development – Page 111

Huw Pohlner Source of China’s huge water transfer scheme has taken a heavy toll on traditional industries such as aquaculture, says new research Posted at thethirdpole.net, that focuses on understanding Asia’s water crisis. Originally published in chinadiaologue and republished at SixDegrees u

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Forests , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/20/2015

Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests

Nick Rowley Finally, climate finance targeted at developing countries is beginning to chip away at the economic incentives to exploit forested land If we are to succeed in tackling climate change, it is vital that we preserve the terrestrial carbon locked up in our forests and soils. Even putting th

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/18/2015

Does a place still have value if it is of no use to humans?

Jason Mark Deep in a rain forest, a tiny white moth taught me that every landscape is a working landscape The following is excerpted from Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man. Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Repub

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

Aid , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/13/2015

Every year, 5-7 trillion US$ or Japan’s entire GDP is needed for fulfilling SDGs

Developing and emerging economies are leading a quiet revolution to forge robust and sustainable financial systems for 21st century needs but who will foot the SDG bill? The first ever report on sustainable financial systems The Financial System we Need was released by the United Nations Envi

Climate , Environment , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/11/2015

Hollywood style promos for Sustainable Development Goals

Here are ads produced for the likes of IMAX theatres, Hollywood and Bollywood on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) The animated Animal Kingdom in the UN is one spoof ad where animals in the general assembly of the UN agree that greed by everyone is the solution for SDGs. The Ad is scree

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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