Aid
Three Nobel Prizes in economics ≠ the truth about aid
Terence Wood Aid will never solve all the world’s development problems. Aid can be improved. Aid can and should be criticised. But when criticism […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Sustainable Business
2017, the Deadliest Year for Land and Environmental Defenders as Agri-Business Most Linked to Killings
Global Witness reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2017– indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to […]
Data & Reports
Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns in US
JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. With a bullet in […]
Biodiversity
Retaining forests benefits African farmers, new study finds
Koen Kusters The closer a farm is located to a forest, the better it performs in terms of livestock productivity and long-term soil sustainability, […]
Sustainable Business
Busted: The many myths of why government contracts should not be published
GAVIN HAYMAN Government officials and contractors often tell you that less is more when it comes to knowing how your money is being spent. […]
Biodiversity
Watch: Fix And Release-A Turtle Trauma Centre
Scott Dobson Fix and Release explores a small turtle trauma centre in Peterborough Ontario Canada as it fights to even the odds for survival […]
Cities
Nairobi is planning car-free days. They could bring many benefits
Haneen Khreis, Texas A&M University and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is the second most congested city in the world. To […]
Education
Breaking menstruation taboo: Nepal
Cecial Adhikari Menstruation Hygiene Day 2018 was celebrated with tag line #nomorelimits. This illustrated no limitations or restrictions during menstruation including everyone, everywhere. Nepal […]
Sustainable Business
Supply Chain Accountability in Apparel Industry
Vivek K.Singh Challenges, even threats, remain in the accountability of supply chains, notably in the apparel industry. This is what Vivek K.Singh, a sustainability expert living […]
Cities
Mahathir picks a water fight with Singapore
Nile Bowie Malaysian premier says a decades-old, fixed rate supply contract is ‘too costly’ and ‘ridiculous’ while the rich city-state maintains that a deal […]
Biodiversity
Aquaculture is source of 53 % of all global fish consumption
Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled […]
Cities
Cities can lead Inter-state cooperation needed to clean up India’s polluted Rivers
There is no policy in India that promotes a holistic approach to conservation of our rivers. We depend on several institutions to safeguard our […]
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