Photo: Pixabay/Olga_Fil  Australia’s natural world is in deep trouble. Many of our species are getting rarer. Some are now perilously close to extinction, while entire ecosystems face collapse. Sudden biodiversity loss in events such as the Black Summer wildfires happen against a backdrop of decline due to land clearing, introduced species and other pervasive threats. For […]

By Andrew FirminLONDON, Feb 24 2023 (IPS) Over the year since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on one side of the border civil society has shown itself to be a vital part of the effort to save lives and protect rights – but on the other, it’s been […]

Country: Türkiye Source: UN Development Programme Rubble removal accounts for a large share of UNDP’s $113.5 million request for funding, which was issued as a part of the broader $1 billion UN flash appeal for donor support issued on 16 February.

More than 1.5 million people are now homeless after earthquakes devastated swaths of Turkey and Syria, adding to the region’s longstanding need for humanitarian aid. There are lessons to be learned, though, from a team of Global South researchers who’ve been studying refugee camps in the effort to deliver aid […]

By External SourceFeb 23 2023 (IPS-Partners)   Interview with Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize laureate, at the UNESCO Global Conference #InternetForTrust. Learn more about the Conference: https://lnkd.in/dEaNBe7e   Keynote address by Maria Ressa at the UNESCO Global Conference “Internet for Trust” Maria […]