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Emily Sohn As more apps and other online tools connect users with the outdoors, we walk a fine line between enhancing and degrading nature-based experiences. Orignially posted atEnsia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Cr

Corruption , Environment , Gender , Human Rights / 11/20/2015

London Police acknowledge violating women’s human rights

London police officers had infiltrated social and environmental justice campaigns and developed intimate relations with women activists. Eight women who were abused undertook a joint battle for justice. The follwing is a press release by the eight women whose human rights were violated by Metropo

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 11/20/2015

Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip

Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University Russia’s strategy at the talks-It will want strong recognition of the role forests play in the climate with 640 billion trees in a good position to negotiate emissions reductions. Russia has a reputation as one of the more difficult states involv

Business , Corruption , Environment , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/15/2015

New Groundwater Regulations in India to impact existing Coca-Cola, Pepsi plants

The latest guidelines could put an end to the excessive and destructive groundwater usage by industries that were “grandfathered in” under the last guidelines. The new guidelines, brought by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) – the national groundwater regulatory agency – become effec

Biodiversity , Education , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/06/2015

How the environmental justice movement is gathering momentum in South Africa

Jacklyn Cock, University of the Witwatersrand Environmental justice is a travelling discourse which has taken on distinctive meanings in different parts of the world. South Africa is no exception. As a mobilising force the concept emerged from the US where it was developed 50 years ago in opp

Aid , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Multimedia , Resources , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/28/2015

Indigenous Baka people report more abuse despite assurances

In new video testimonies, Baka “Pygmies” in southeast Cameroon have reported ongoing abuse and torture at the hands of wildlife officers World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has helped to create a new protected area without the consent of the Baka or their neighbors. Baka living to the south of th

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/27/2015

Rubber company expelled from Forest Stewardship Council

Rubber giant expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) due to illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. In November 2014, Global Witness, that works on corruption in natural resource management complained to the FSC about illegal act

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/24/2015

Improving food security in mountains

Lipy Adhikari Climatic changes have added challenges for agriculture particularly in mountain areas Posted at SixDegrees as part of collaboration with Assam Times to share relevant news under creative commons attributes Agriculture is the most dominant sector in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) coun

Data & Reports , Environment , Labour , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/21/2015

Can China’s South-North Water Transfer project and industry co-exist?

Huw Pohlner Source of China’s huge water transfer scheme has taken a heavy toll on traditional industries such as aquaculture, says new research Posted at thethirdpole.net, that focuses on understanding Asia’s water crisis. Originally published in chinadiaologue and republished at SixDegrees u

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Forests , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/20/2015

Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests

Nick Rowley Finally, climate finance targeted at developing countries is beginning to chip away at the economic incentives to exploit forested land If we are to succeed in tackling climate change, it is vital that we preserve the terrestrial carbon locked up in our forests and soils. Even putting th

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