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4 April 2019

nepal women

Transport

Gravity lightens the load for Nepal's hard-working rural women

3 April 2019

smallholder farming

Food & Agriculture

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

18 March 2019

Juanita and her cocoa bean.

Energy

Cocoa fuel combats climate change

schoolchildren

Policy & Finance

$150 million boost to socially conscious businesses with low profit potential

11 March 2019

tingloy MPA

Water

Philippines' new marine protected area includes community-led monitoring program

4 March 2019

laos children

Food & Agriculture

Child malnutrition rates still high in Laos despite best efforts

1 March 2019

manila bay

Carbon & Climate

Billions at risk from heat stress at home

26 February 2019

Mali farmers

Food & Agriculture

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

21 February 2019

Moyee coffee staff

Policy & Finance

The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business

19 February 2019

Carlings virtual fashion

Manufacturing

Future styles: Could virtual clothes reduce the damage of fast fashion?

15 February 2019

woman sorts palm fruits

Food & Agriculture

Palm oil: Smallholder expansion into peatlands on the rise

9 February 2019

Inuit artisan

Lifestyle

From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

2 February 2019

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

Food & Agriculture

France adopts strategy to stop ‘deforestation imports’ by 2030

28 January 2019

trucks in a coal mine in Indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Despite scaling down targets and tripling funds, Indonesia still short of reforestation goal

21 January 2019

satellite image hokkaido japan

Food & Agriculture

Can satellite data help monitor sustainable rural development?

mother holds child in Congo

Manufacturing

Cellphones are endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help

15 January 2019

OBOR map

Policy & Finance

Can the Belt and Road Initiative push peace in South Asia?

9 January 2019

kids enveloped in haze

Food & Agriculture

Hazy figures cloud Indonesia’s peat restoration as fire season nears

8 January 2019

woman from Myanmar

Policy & Finance

Seven charts that show the world is actually becoming a better place

4 January 2019

guijjar kids india

Policy & Finance

Catch them young: Indian writers tell tales of land rights for kids

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