Articles by region:

Elasticsearch Mini

Development and cooperation

D + C

Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

E + Z

Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Tourism
Antje Monshausen

People-friendly and environmentally acceptable

Where to get information about sustainable tourism and certificates

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 21 March to 27 March

Potential of tourism
Antje Monshausen

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

Tourism can be made sustainable if the industry respects local people and protects the environment

Tourism for development
Brit Reichelt-Zolho
Johannes Kirchgatter

Live elephants have to be worth more

Ecotourism in Africa promotes sustainable development and nature conservation

Hotels
Shireen Aga

Dimensions of responsibility

Things managers must consider if they want to run a hotel sustainably

Climate cooperation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Ghana through the eyes of an insider

Citizens of Bonn visit twin city Cape Coast

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 14 March to 21 March

Hotels
Shireen Aga

Benefit the host community

Tourists appreciate eco-friendly hotels, but often don’t want to pay the price

Tea after Twelve

Stories of change

New international online magazine Tea after Twelve features innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide

Sexual abuse
Grace Atuhaire

Depressing aspects of tourism

Even though prostitution is illegal, sex tourists leave a mark on Kenya’s coastal communities

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian famers are backing away from rice cultivation
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

Gender Equality

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

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
Why you might find our newsletter useful
The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance