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Spotlight on...Tigray, Ethiopia: pathways to progressCommunity trekking is the latest development to emerge from the evolution of responsible tourism. The people of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia have faith it will provide the sacred landscape with a blessed future -
Thousands of tonnes of microfibres released from clothes in washing machinesResearchers have revealed just how many polluting microfibres are released into the oceans when we wash our clothes -
Future cities - Data scientists pave the way to a clear vision of future urbanisationScientists are using sophisticated data modelling to predict how cities will develop. How will our urban futures look if we embrace sustainability over fossil-fuelled development? -
Battling locust swarms in East AfricaControl and relief action in Eastern Africa and the Greater Horn of Africa steps up to face the double threat of desert locusts and the Covid-19 pandemic -
Rosemary Brown: freelance journalist, humanitarian worker and explorerRosemary Brown is a freelance journalist. In 2014, she followed in the footsteps of American journalist and adventurer Nellie Bly, who carried out a record-breaking 72-day trip around the world in 1889. A book about Rosemary's trip is due out next year -
Fangs and skin: Illegal wildlife trade endangers Latin America’s jaguarsIncreasing reports of seized jaguar fangs and skin suggest that demand for jaguar parts has grown in the past decade, particularly in China. As relations between Latin America and Asia strengthen, criminologists and conservationists are concerned that a formal market for trafficked jaguar parts could reverse critical conservation progress
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July 2020
• Latin America’s big cat problem
• Sand mining
• Trekking Tigray
• Dossier: Carbon offsetting
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OPINIONS
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Coronavirus: a behavioural scientist shares his views on easing lockdownGraham Loomes, professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School shares his views on the easing of lockdown in the UK -
A message to new geography undergrads from a university lecturer: ‘In this time of crisis, there is opportunity’Dr Frances Darlington Pollock, a lecturer in population geography at the University of Liverpool, shares her thoughts about the opportunities facing new geography undergraduates despite these disruptive times -
Deep seabed mining could inflict considerable direct and indirect harm – Sabine Christiansen and Sebastian UngerDr Sabine Christiansen and Dr Sebastian Unger are senior research associates at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies -
Coronavirus is an acute reminder of the consequences coming the financial sector’s way, if humanity continues to mess with nature – Andrew MitchellA letter to the World Health Organisation sent at the end of February, signed by almost 250 environmental organisations, points to a solution to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks – a massive crackdown on wildlife trade markets worldwide. But will banks, insurers and investors begin to recognise this health crisis for what…
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PARTNER CONTENT – SIGMA
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A vanishing idyllFew sights encapsulate the essence of summer better than a hay meadow in full bloom, and the season is when many wild flowers are at their peak and perfect for capturing with your camera -
Rock art recording in southern ArmeniaRecording ancient rock art 3,300m above sea levels with the SIGMA dp0 Quattro. Professor Dominic Powlesland, Director of the The Landscape Research Centre, describes these amazing finds -
Bringing the Mary Rose back to lifeHow the SIGMA dp2 Quattro camera is adding an extra dimension to our understanding of life on the Mary Rose during the 16th century -
The Wider ViewWide-angle photography is perhaps the best way to recreate the natural human eye’s field-of-vision. But you’ll need specialist equipment and expertise to really do the images justice
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Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain, Rory Walsh visits several places without going…
Discovering Britain
For this month’s Discovering Britain viewpoint Rory Walsh visits a unique industrial…
