Cities
VERTICAL FARMING – PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN CITY CHALLENGES
Ratan Deep Some estimates state that in 50 yrs 70% of the world population will be in “cities”, around 7 billion mouths to feed […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Education
Understanding The Deadly Salmonella Bacteria
Anna Kučírková Most salmonella infections can be classified as stomach flu or gastroenteritis. The infection strikes the intestinal tract. The bacteria typically live in […]
Education
Agricultural literacy brings hope to unemployment in Morocco
Anya Karaman In Fes, an all-boys Center for the Protection of Children is supporting agricultural skill development to augment youth rehabilitation and social reintegration. […]
Biodiversity
Should China build the world’s longest undersea tunnel?
Zhang Chun The biodiversity by opening of the Bohai Sea, dotted with rich island ecosystems, would be impacted In the waters off Penglai, Shandong […]
Sustainable Business
Progress made in fight against tobacco: WHO
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic […]
Aid
Germany freezes funding to WWF earmarked for Congo after reports of human abuse
The German government has frozen funding to WWF following a series of investigations by Buzzfeed revealing that the charity funds, equips, and works directly with forces that have tortured, […]
Aid
Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program
Scott Bayley In Australia, monitoring and evaluation guidance provides a reasonably comprehensive approach for evaluating individual aid investments, however, providing detailed insights into the […]
Cities
Let’s redefine public spaces, let’s bring back urban forests
There are two important ways in which we can bring in lasting change in the way cities develop: forestry and conservation of water bodies. […]
Data & Reports
The world is off-track on food and agriculture SDG Goals
In the first report of its kind, FAO analysed, in a visual way, major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and […]
Biodiversity
The gecko smugglers of India’s northeast
Mubina Akhtar A massive demand from China is driving the capture and trafficking of geckos from India’s northeastern states, with some traffickers even setting […]
Biodiversity
African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing […]
Education
How Black Pharmacists Are Closing The Cultural Gap In Health Care in US
Cara Anthony Black Americans continue to face persistent health care disparities. Some black pharmacists are finding ways to connect with customers in and outside […]