Aid
A new perspective on aid delivery
For most of us who have worked in #aid-#funded #programs, it is a mystifying and frustrating #business, especially when you have had the experience of working for different...
Category: Sustainable Development
Environment
Photo feature: Locals in Bhutan and India join across border to manage a river
The #Saralbhanga #River (also called Swrmanga) that flows from Sarphang district of #Bhutan to #Assam in #India. About 500 #farmers from five #villages close to the #international #border...
Biodiversity
World Orangutan Day: Numbers in decline despite Indonesian government’s claims
The #team found that half of all #Bornean #Orangutans are impacted by #resource #extraction, and that their numbers fell by more than 100,000 over the sixteen years of...
Biodiversity
Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe in Brazil
A leader of an #Amazon #tribe acclaimed for its #environmental #defenders has been #killed, the latest in a series of deaths among the tribe.
Climate
Fiery summer a gauge of our planet’s health
According to the #World #Resources #Institute, by #2040, 33 #countries – including #Greece – will be severely #water-#stressed.
Sustainable Business
Toxins on our plate: India
There is a need for better regulation and monitoring to bring toxin-free food to the Indian market. “The recent scare due to the detection […]
Climate
Global mobilisation for Rise for Climate Action
Ongoing Rise for #Climate #movement #mobilisation; join the movement; #Global #Climate #Action #Summit
Aid
600,000 hit by earthquake in Lombak, Indonesia
Over 20,000 #people are in #temporary #shelters while thousands more are under open skies in need of #drinking #water, #food, #medical #supplies, and #clothes.
Climate
Extreme weather renews focus on adaptation
Countries need to recognise that the climate impacts they are beginning to experience now are only the start
Cities
India needs big policy push for treatment and reuse of urban wastewater
News of water scarcity fuels a lot of hue and cry in the nation, however when it comes to discussions about solutions we find […]
Biodiversity
Has the Netherlands figured out how to mainstream seaweed?
Despite its environmental benefits, using local seaweed for food can be a tough sell. Some think the Dutch have finally cracked the code. “Is […]
Biodiversity
One in Seven Wildlife Rangers Have Been Seriously Injured in the Line of Duty Over the Past Year
New results released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to mark World Ranger Day reveal that one in seven wildlife rangers (14 percent) surveyed across […]
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