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Umweltproblematik
Infrastructure

Controversial undertakings

Large-scale projects for diverting water often cause more trouble than they deliver benefits

Global public goods

The web of life

Biodiversity is eroding – and the impacts on human health are not understood

Climate protection

Preparing for action

Involving indigenous peoples in REDD+ projects seems promising – in Bolivia even more so than in Ecuador

Farms

Feeding the world

Eco-friendly sustainable agriculture is what the world needs, according to some experts

Eco systems

Dangerous dams

Mekong dam projects endanger eco systems as well as people's livelihoods

Food security

Wasting valuable grains

According to FAO, a third of all food produced worldwide is wasted

Ecological destruction

Conquest by chainsaw

Logging in the subtropical dry forest deprives indigenous people in Argentina of their livelihood

Forestry

Sustainable use

Governments and the private sector must make the timber trade more sustainable

Global challenges

Pay attention to co-benefits

Co-benefits – development efforts can reduce poverty and secure global public goods at the same time

Deforestation

Global trends

Every year more and more rainforest is being cleared – damaging humans and the climate

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Sustainability

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