Sustainable Development – Page 81

Bhim Singh Rawat This article extensively captures the incidences and media stories on illegal sand mining from rivers in India during the year 2017. This article originally appeared at SANDRP and can be accessed here. It has been republished with permission. Undoubtedly sand is essential part of

Business , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Resources / 12/20/2017

Liberian Loggers Secret Tax Breaks wipes US$ 13 Million off Country’s Finances

The Liberian government has secretly given the country’s loggers a US$13 million tax break, subsidising companies at the expense of the country and forest communities. International NGOs Global Witness and Tropenbos International say the move has undone 15 years of reform. Signed by Liberia’s Pr

Aid , Governance , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 12/20/2017

Can Economics of Degrowth Eradicate Poverty?

Jason Hickel Degrowth wants to redistribute income in a way that improves social goods, like universal healthcare and education, which are key to reducing poverty and improving people’s lives. The economist Branko Milanovic recently wrote a blog post titled “The illusion of degrowth in a poor an

Gender , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/17/2017

Women, Peace and Security in Australia and the SDGs

Susan Hutchinson Last week, Devpolicy hosted the Australian launch of the Women, Peace and Security Index. The index has been developed by the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security in partnership with the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. It ranks countries based on three dim

Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development , Transport / 12/16/2017

Bhutan’s Shingkhar-Gorgan highway: development versus environment?

Chencho Dema and Peky Samal A proposed highway that would run through one of Bhutan’s key national parks to one of the least developed areas, epitomises the difficult balance between development and the environment The saga of the 55-kilometre Shingkhar-Gorgan highway began eight years during Bhut

Biodiversity , Business , Data & Reports , Environment / 12/16/2017

‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink

Mike Gaworecki Researchers at the University of Queensland looked at something called the anthropogenic Allee effect (AAE), a theory that proposes a critical population level threshold below which the likelihood of a species going extinct increases substantially due to rising prices for rare animals

Aid , Climate , Sustainable Development / 12/15/2017

COP23 and Historical Responsibility in Climate Finance

It was noted that rich countries have not yet delivered the promised $100bn per year in climate finance by 2020 agreed in 2009 at Copenhagen COP23, the second “conference of the parties” since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, was held under the presidency of the small, developing island s

Environment , Food , Health / 12/13/2017

Living in the era of Superbugs: Curse and Remedy

Mohammad Aminul Islam & Muhammad Asaduzzaman Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development for which the environment is recognised as an important actor. It is estimated that the annual AMR attributed death toll will reach 10 mill

Aid , Business , Data & Reports , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/12/2017

UN says lift in global economy brings opportunities to tackle major development issues

A three per cent upturn in the global economy has paved the way to readjust policy towards longer-term issues, such as addressing climate change, tackling existing inequalities and removing institutional obstacles to development, according to a new United Nations report on global economic prospects.

Business , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 12/11/2017

Organic label suffers setback in US, as big agri-business takes over

Francis Thicke The organic food movement suffered a major setback recently, when the US National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted in favour of allowing hydroponically-grown products to receive the “organic” label. This decision should not have come as a surprise to those who have watched th

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