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Lesotho: Following the Horsemen
Feb 12, 2018
Written by
Dan Milner
Mountain biking through mountainous Lesotho, Dan Milner found stunning landscapes, physical challenges and a proud people with their finger on the pulse of adventure tourism
Changing climate: new refugee visa?
Jan 20, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
New Zealand becomes the first country to propose humanitarian visas for ‘climate change refugees’
Island man: survival in Panama
Jan 15, 2018
Written by
Matt Maynard
An eight-day survival course in the tropical Pearl Island archipelago of Panama, cast away with eight strangers, reflecting on how kinship, interaction with nature and even appreciation of hunger might be the missing experiences of developed societies
Cave secrets
Jan 12, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Instead of gradually leaving Africa in a single wave, new fossil discoveries are showing that early humans left the continent in multiple waves, across many tens of thousands of years
Iceland make gender pay gap illegal
Jan 11, 2018
Written by
James Field
Iceland has become the first country in the world to make it illegal for men to earn more money than women for doing the same job
Daniel Hume: naturalist and wilderness adventurer
Jan 08, 2018
Daniel Hume is a naturalist and wilderness adventurer. He was also the head of operations at Woodlore, Ray Mears’ School of Wilderness. His debut book, The Art of Fire, is on sale now
Field work: cotton picking in Uzbekistan
Jan 05, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Human rights investigators have discovered widespread use of forced labour in Uzbekistan to pick the country’s main cash crop of cotton, despite the government’s promises to limit the practice
On the front lines: female activism in Thailand
Jan 02, 2018
Written by
Geographical
In Thailand, women are playing an ever-increasing role in environmental activism, often forming the front-line against corporations in the fight to protect their communities. But such actions are often coming at great personal cost
Finding a future: the fate of St Helena
Dec 27, 2017
Written by
Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell
A British Overseas Territory, the home-in-exile of General Napoleon Bonaparte, and the site of a £285million airport to which the airlines won’t fly. Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell visits a remote outpost on the cusp of dramatic change
Home truths: habitats for a changing planet
Dec 22, 2017
Written by
Paul Presley
Why a changing climate is forcing us to rethink our notion of home
E-waste rises in damning report
Dec 21, 2017
Written by
James Field
Only 20 per cent of electronic waste is being recycled globally. As incomes rise and prices fall, predictions for the future are looking grim
Bones of contention: the truth about Easter Island
Dec 16, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
Contrary to pervasive myth, Easter Islanders were resourceful and sensitive to the limits of their environment
Surveying Gaping Gill
Dec 12, 2017
Written by
Kevin Dixon
With the world accurately navigated by multi-constellation satellites, what is left to explore? Kevin Dixon is nearing completion of a five-year project to map the Gaping Gill cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, showing that you can still make new…
Unwanted side effects: the problems of antimalarials
Dec 09, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
A rapid malaria test has stemmed overuse of antimalarials, but is risking the overuse of antibiotics instead
Hans Friederich: explorer and bamboo enthusiast
Dec 04, 2017
Hans Friederich is the director general for INBAR, the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation, a multilateral development organisation of 42 member states aimed at the worldwide promotion of bamboo and rattan as an alternative resource
Power supply: mining for an ethical battery
Nov 18, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
A global boom in battery usage over the coming century has raised concerns about the ethics and practices behind mining cobalt and other essential minerals
Prafulla Samantra: Indian environmental activist
Nov 14, 2017
Prafulla Samantra led a 12-year legal battle against the Indian government’s plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills, an oasis for biodiversity and rightful home of the Dongria Kondh people. He was awarded the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for his actions
Explore 2017: The value of field research
Nov 08, 2017
A selection of in-depth workshops at the RGS-IBG's Explore 2017 will underline the importance of field research as an essential component of exploration
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