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- The Matagi, winter huntersFor the Matagi, the Japanese black bear and the mountains are sacred. Their immense knowledge of the environment makes them fundamental to the conservation of local ecosystems. Although it may seem contradictory, they argue that they play a [...]
- Environmentalists in Honduras, “neither ignorant nor anti-development”Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres: “We know that what is in dispute in the world today are the natural commons, because that is where the energy is going to be taken from, it’s the new business. As a result, those of us who are working to defend ancestral lands [...]
- Esther Lynch: “Pitting workers against each other is not a good basis for the future of Europe”“While both the EU and UK are saying that they want to protect workers’ rights, and that they won’t use workers as bargaining chips, it is becoming clear that this is exactly what is happening.”
- The Soviet nuclear legacy lives on in Mailuu-SuuPhotojournalist Tien Tran travelled to Mailuu-Suu in Kyrgyzstan. A major uranium production centre during the Soviet era, the town still has extremely high radiation levels. It is an onerous legacy that the inhabitants of Mailuu-Suu have had to [...]
- Vision of play: Spain’s blind football players“If one of the top players in our league, such as el Niño, were to be put on a pitch with the top, sighted footballers...he might not be my friend any more. He’d be driving around in a Ferrari!”
- South Sudan: Pythagoras in the trenchesSix years after gaining independence, South Sudan is crippled by civil war and hunger. A third of all the schools in the country have been attacked by armed groups and over two million children are no longer able to attend classes and are left [...]