A way of life under threat: Dried wetlands lead to human displacement
This is Part 2 of the Wetlands International article series. Part 1 on the conservation of the Andean region can be accessed here. During our visit to dried wetlands, we stopped and spoke to Bonifacia Mamani, an elderly farmer of
Q&A with Carcel: garments made behind bars
The main cause of female incarceration is poverty. It is predominantly young, poor, single-mothers with a low level of education and income. Out of this situation, Carcel, a Danish fashion brand, has forged an identity of homogenous Scandinavian design with
Utilizing Sustainable Business to Scale Up the Fair Trade Market
Alter Eco introduces a scalable impact model to support indigenous farmers in the Global South and rural, marginalized communities with fair trade products It can be a struggle for many companies to implement fair trade products or organic food into their business
A Short History Of The SDGs
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY Paula Caballero, Senior Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. IT IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG's) - SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. These are
Adapting to Climate Change in Peru
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. From coastal deserts to Amazonian rainforests to Andean highlands, Peru is one of the world's most ecologically diverse countries. It is also vulnerable