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Mining and Rural Communities in the Philippines – Clemente Bautista
Written by Tom Fries
This is a long version of the answers that Clemente Bautista (President of Kalikasan: People’s Network for the Environment) gave us for the Lead Article A Zero-Sum Game? which deals with the following question: Rapid globalization makes competition for land, raw materials and other resources intense. When the stakes are so high, can […]
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Death Threat on the Roll – Shisha Culture in Pakistan.
Written by Shahzeb Younis
There has been a sudden rise in the number of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Pakistan and other Middle East countries in the last few years. The reason behind the sharp increase of such diseases is mostly related to tobacco smoking – usually through Shisha, which, according to the teenagers, […]
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Land Ownership, Mines and Nomads in Mongolia – Amartuvshin Amarjargal
Written by Tom Fries
This is a long version of the answers that Amartuvshin Amarjargal (Associate Professor at the University of Ulaanbataar) gave us for the Lead Article A Zero-Sum Game? which deals with the following question: Rapid globalization makes competition for land, raw materials and other resources intense. When the stakes are so high, can […]
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Allchar: a road to the sun, a road to big profit
Written by Ilina Mangova
There is only one place in the world where the mineral lorandite can be found in its purest form and in such vast quantities. That place is Allchar (Alshar) and is located in the Kozuf mountain Kozuf in Southern Europe, more precisely in Macedonia. Lorandite is important for science as […]
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Greece’s Withdrawal from the Eurozone Could Cause Global Economic Crisis
Written by Thiess Petersen
Bertelsmann Foundation warns of extensive domino effects Greece’s exit from the Euro bears the risk of kindling a wildfire throughout Europe and possibly even on an international level and may result in a worldwide economic crisis. Countries affected would include not only Southern European nations or EU members, but also […]
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BRICS Reports: Riding Out The Storm
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This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. At the […]
