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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

The problems with Glyphosate

Pesticides have often caused controversy because their detrimental side-effects were initially ignored and later intentionally played down. The most recent example is probably the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup.

Living with nature
Zulma Martínez Vargas
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Bolivia’s extraordinary biodiversity is under threat

Bolivia has many protected areas, but human activities are impacting the country’s biodiversity

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Scientific research
Tobias Cremer
Friederike Major
Yaw Boakye Agyeman
Franziska Rottig

Making the most of Lake Bosomtwe

German and Ghanaian scientists are cooperating to involve local people more in protecting a UNESCO biosphere reserve

Ecosystems
Thuany Rodrigues

Hope for Brazil’s forests

The Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Amazon

Traditional agriculture
Min Qingwen
Guo Xuan

Traditional agricultural ecosystems harbour remarkable biodiversity

Examples from China illustrate the exceptional value of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Biodiversity
Kira Crome

Our coffee is in danger

Coffee is becoming more and more expensive due to the climate crisis and the dwindling diversity of plants

Flooding
Rafiqul Islam Montu

The city of millions that is being flooded every day

Chittagong in Bangladesh is one of the ten fastest-sinking coastal cities in the world.

Ukraine
Mustafa Shrestha

The war in Ukraine is fuelling the climate crisis

Russia’s war of aggression is causing significant greenhouse-gas emissions – and revealing the connection between climate action and security policy

Global environmental crisis
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

European governments have accepted duty to restore nature

European Green Deal is a sensible response to the global environmental crisis that is destroying both climate and biodiversity

Global biodiversity
Melissa de Kock
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

The basis of our existence

Biodiversity is the cornerstone of ecosystems. The progressive loss of it threatens people’s livelihoods and food security.

Land use conflicts
David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza

Pressure on wildlife in Uganda

In Uganda, nature, herders and farmers compete for land resources. Better planning is needed – and it must involve local communities

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students
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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Lessons of failure
The exception of dengue
Overshadowed by the “Big Three”
Drug distribution is not enough in the fight against river blindness
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly