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Once a prosperous industry, drawing many to Fiji’s shores and an erstwhile key contributor to Fiji’s economic success, the agricultural industry is now in threat of collapse. Agriculture alone accounts for nearly 20% of Fiji’s gross domestic product and sugar exports were equal to 187 million Fiji dollars in 2009. […]

The rapid development of megacities is a characteristic feature of today’s world. Megacities bring many positive changes to people’s lives in developing countries; however, the negative implications of such unsustainable growth also weigh heavy in the balance. Given the changes and challenges that rapid urbanization produces, the recent past offers many useful lessons for […]

In her lead article Ulrike Reinhard asks wherever “democracies are dressing climate challenge better than non-democracies?” Let’s look at the case of Slovakia, a country that left the non-democratic socialist club in 1989 and after some time moved towards the European Union. Even in limiting the fight against climate change […]