Biodiversity
Watch: Seed vault holds key to human survival
Among the most important buildings in the world, the Seed Vault holds the key to human survival: more than 880,000 seed samples, the largest […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Food
What we need are farms that support farmers, consumers AND the environment
Andrea Basche and Marcia DeLonge U.S. agriculture has trended for several decades — as a result of policy, economics and other drivers — toward systems that […]
Biodiversity
BBC banned from India’s tiger reserves after “shoot on sight” investigation
The Indian government has reportedly banned the BBC from filming in any tiger reserve nationwide for five years, after its South Asia correspondent investigated […]
Environment
Sindh People March to Protect Indus River
The 2017 Sindh Awami Caravan will be carried out under the theme; Protection of our rivers and delta. Taking into consideration the aims and […]
Data & Reports
Data platform launched by UNEP to track SDGs
Environment Live is the dynamic UN knowledge platform, designed to collect, process and share the world’s best environmental science and research, has introduced new tools to […]
Data & Reports
Modern Communication technology at the centre of better work-life balance: New ILO report
New ILO-Eurofound report shows that the use of modern communication technologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance but, at the same time, also blurs […]
Biodiversity
India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works
Bhaskar Vira In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, […]
Cities
River Basin Management needs sensitive and responsible cities
Industrial and urban wastewater cause maximum pollution of our rivers Rivers enter into cities as rivers but come out of them as dirty dead […]
Health
The secret lives of urban waste pickers
Tang Damin Wu Ka Ming and Zhang Jieying’s new book documents the unknown lives of waste pickers living on the outskirts of Beijing It’s […]
Sanitation
Toilets that churn gold for the soil
Nidhi Jamwal On an average, the annual faecal matter and urine of one human being contains 4.6 kg nitrogen, 0.6 kg phosphorous and 1.3 […]
Data & Reports
Is warming behind India’s depleting groundwater?
Athar Parvaiz Changing rainfall patterns may be depleting India’s groundwater storage more than withdrawals for agricultural irrigation, says a new study published in January […]
Climate
How renewable energy advocates are hurting the climate cause
Paul McDivitt Confused coverage of renewable energy statistics popping up in social media feeds and on news outlets have come to be trusted. On […]
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