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Troubled Waters: Ecosystem Issues in Peru
Written by Juan Arellano
In the villages along the hundreds of rivers of the Amazon rainforest it is told that at the heart of every river or “cocha” (lagoon), lies the Yacumama or ‘mother of the waters’, a giant boa that rarely emerges because of its size, feeding only on aquatic animals. It may remain […]
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Bertelsmann Foundation – Financial Times: 4th annual financial conference
Written by Ole Wintermann
My colleagues in the Bertelsmann Foundation in Washington DC are going to organize their annual financial conference. Also this year some fc_org bloggers will attend in this event. They will have the chance to report directly from the introduction of a concept for an alternative credit rating agency! Agenda of […]
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Pakistan’s Edhi Effect
Written by Aown Kaz
As the Pakistani successive regimes fail at achieving a superlative mark in the provision of basic social services to its people, we see how one particular man stood up and made a paramount difference in the lives of an entire nation. Today when it comes to human development, governments in […]
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Pakistan: All Hail to Power of Women!
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
Pakistan is a country of many contrasting clichés. Just imagine that an event to celebrate the empowerment of women would be staged all around the country on the 8th of March – a country where the birth of a daughter is not considered a great fortune. Just imagine that at […]
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Young Leaders Debate NATO’s Future
Written by Tom Fries
Future Challenges is excited to be able to partner with Atlantic Community, a web-based think tank that aims to end the exclusivity of policy discourse and give voice to a new generation of thinkers and young leaders – something Future Challenges wholeheartedly supports! We’re getting involved by publicizing some of these […]
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January – March 2012 Update
Written by Anneliese Guess
Dear Future Challenges Readers, Our January – March 2012 Quarterly Update is now available online. It includes a review of Social Media Week in Hamburg, information on our Future Challenger competition, a first look at an upcoming event we’re hosting in Berlin, and FutureChallenges.org visitor statistics. [issuu width=420 height=272 backgroundColor=%23222222 […]
