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Siltation

Stream-bank cultivation and gold panning add to the problems

Siltation of reservoirs is worsening Zimbabwe’s already dire water shortage

Urban development

Why real-estate prices are rising fast in Istanbul

For the most part, Istanbul’s city council is giving real-estate developers free rein

Urban development

Urban growth can cause water supply problems

In Istanbul, drinking water has gone from being an affordable public good to a commodity

Fish farms

Catch of the day

Zambia aims to boost its fish stocks by encouraging commercial fish farming

Urban life

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime

Environment

Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

Small-scale action can achieve quite a lot, helping people to cope with climate crisis

Marginalised communities

Where Brazil's neglected people live

Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities

Fisheries

Dying out

As fish catches in Burundi dwindle, fishers face hard times

Environment

Running dry

Zimbabwe’s drought drags on, causing severe hardships across the population and with no end in sight

Farms

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

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