This photofilm produced by the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), in conjunction with Panos, is a telling account of Bangladesh’s struggle to overcome the threat of rising sea levels and increasing floods, and is a testimony to human resilience. Afloat: Bangladesh adapts to climate change, told in four parts, shows how communities are being forced to changeRead More …
Climate change film shows Bangladesh on the frontline
26 January, 2011 by (comments)Filed Under: Asia @en, Climate Change, Multimedia @en, Regions
“Sustainable intensification” – what is it?
26 January, 2011 by (comments)Well, according to UK chief scientific adviser John Beddington, it is the only way we’re going to significantly increase the amount of food produced on the same amount of farmland to meet the challenges of a booming world population. Beddington oversaw the Foresight think-tank’s Global Food and Farming Futures report, which we blogged about yesterday, and which calls forRead More …
Filed Under: Agro-ecology and Economics @en