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By Making It on 19 June, 2012
Is the complex interrelation between food, energy, and water security in the context of climate change taking us into a ‘perfect storm’?
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged biodiversity, clean and affordable energy, climate change, crops, diversity within species, ecosystems, energy, food, perfect storm, pollution, population growth, Sir John Beddington, water, water security
By Making It on 8 August, 2011
Biofuels address three key global challenges: maintenance of energy security, economic development, and mitigation of climate change
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged 2020, agribusiness, Alena Buyx, biodiversity, biofuels, challenge, climate change, development, efficiency, environment, ethical issues, ethics, European, European Union, food security, globalization, greenhouse gas emissions, human rights, indigenous, Industrial Development Organization, intellectural property rights, issue 6, justice, labour rights, law, Making It, Malaysia, moral values, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, palm oil plantation, policy, policymakers, prices, production, regional, Renewable Energy Directive, report, rights, solidarity, standards, stewardship, sustainability, target, target-based strategy, technology, trade, transport, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, workers
By Making It on 22 June, 2011
This issue of Making It: Industry for Development looks at some aspects of the broad concept of agribusiness, often defined as the whole range of business activities that are performed from farm to fork, but also including the processing of raw materials for the production of many non-food items, such as textiles, paper and biofuel. [...]
Posted in The Magazine | Tagged ADM, Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, Archer Daniels Midland, biodiversity, biofuel, business, carbon emissions, Cargill, coca, Colombia, consumer, development, distribution, efficiency, Egypt, energy, farmers, food, globalization, growth, Guillermo Garcia, Helmy Abouleish, hunger, India, Industrial Development Organization, Industry for development, Johanna Sorrell, Kanayo Nwanze, magazine, Making It, organic, palm oil, paper, Patrick Kormawa, Paul Bulcke, population, poverty, sustainability, sustainable, textile, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value changes, Vandana Shiva, water scarcity
By Making It on 11 June, 2011
An interview with founder of the Indian environmental organization, Navdanya, which promotes biodiversity, organic farming, and seed saving
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, Asia, Bhavani Prakash, biodiverse systems, biodiversity, bt cotton, business, conservation, corporations, cotton, Davdanya, developing countries, development, earth, eco-feminist, ecological footprint, ecological memory, economy, ecowalkthetalk.com, environmental work, food systems, generosity, genetic engineering, globalization, herbicide-resilient crops, industrialization, industry, intellectual property, monocultures, multiplicity, nature, NGO, north India, organic farming, renewal, rights of farmers, seed saving, suicide, super-weeds, technology, toxic, UNEP, Uttaranchal, Vandana Shiva
By Making It on 23 March, 2011
An interview with Satish Chand on island states, rising sea levels, and economic dynamics created by their small size and isolation
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 2011, Africa, aid, airport, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, Caribbean, coconut, coral, culture, customs, economic vulnerability, éducation, employment, environment, ethnic group, export, fertility, Fiji, fishing, freshwater, Gambia, GDP, global warming, Guadacanal, health, Indian Ocean, infrastructure, instability, land, landlocked, language, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, low-lying islands, Malaita, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, Marshall Islands, migration, mobility, Nepal, ocean, pacific, Pacific Island states, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, production, Satish Chand, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Solomon Islands, temperature, territory, tourism, unesco, vulnerable, water, World Bank
By Making It on 15 February, 2011
Taking a closer look at the rising issues surrounding biodiversity and sustainable industrial development
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Applied Population Biology, biodiversity, biology, carbon, cities, clean water, climate change, danger, earth, energy, food, fresh air, future, green space, habitat loss, Imperial College, issue 4, life, London, medicine, natural processes, overexploitation, policy, pollination, pollution, population, poverty, preserving ecosystem, purifying, Sir John Beddington, species, sustainability, UK, water
By Making It on 12 November, 2010
Country feature on Kiribati with an interview with His Excellency Anote Tong, President of Kiribati
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010, aid, Anote Tong, Aranteiti Tekiau, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, coconut, coral, economic vulnerability, export, fishing, GDP, Gilbert Islands, global warming, health, instability, issue 4, Kiribati, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, ministry of fisheries, ocean, pacific, Pheonix Islands, PIPA, President of Kiribati, production, Ribwanataake Awira, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Tarawa, temperature, territory, tourism, UN general assembly, unesco, World Bank
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