Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look set to have their extinctions confirmed following a robust new assessment of...

The Challenge The story of industrial development has been an important determinant of the course of our history as a community of...

Do you know much about seaweed farming? No? Well, neither did we until our interest was piqued by a story in The Jakarta Post about a...

Each year, a naming ceremony is held for newly born baby gorillas in the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda: Kwita Izina. Closely...

821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk New evidence continues to...

When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of...

Huge opportunities exist for youth across the entire agricultural value chain Creating decent employment opportunities for youth in...

Surely koalas are one of Australia’s most famous animals. It’s not hard to see why because  these aww-inducing marsupials can make even...

Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...

The Challenge Globally, annual economic growth declined from 3% in 2000 to 1.3% in 2014. Roughly half the world’s population still lives...

The Challenge There is no development without fuelling the engine of growth. Energy is critical and people with no sustainable access to...

When you think of the ways in which wars and conflicts are fought, water wouldn’t immediately come to mind, but in many conflicts,...

Using land to produce food, clothing, paper, and other goods has a huge impact on the planet's climate. In fact, it’s responsible for...

Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...

The Challenge Every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply,...

Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local...

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...

A dramatic act of protest reminds companies to take responsibility for the wasteful packaging they produce. Each morning this week I've...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...

Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...