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WORLDWATCH
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Global Climate Strike: Voices of the protestorsYesterday saw one of the biggest public protest movements in history take to streets around the world. We caught up with some of the voices being raised in central London to hear what they had to say... -
The #GlobalClimateStrike comes to London - The day in picturesWe took to the streets of Westminster to take a look at London's part in the Global Climate Strike which saw millions across the world march for climate justice today -
Thunberg and Juliana plaintiffs strike back against US climate denial machineOn the eve of millions of world citizens going on strike for climate action, the Swedish teenager who inspired them deflects all attention back to the science -
The largest refugee camp in the world: the plight of Rohingya women and girlsThe British government today announced a new aid package to support the 700,000 Rohingya people still living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with the money particularly targeted towards supporting vulnerable women and girls. Geographical speaks to Helen Ware, an aid worker at the camps, to find out why highlighting the… -
Songbirds are disappearing from the wild – here's whyAround 75 million birds are kept as pets in Indonesia, threatening to wipe out some wild bird populations -
What could a cull extension mean for the British badger?Badger culling is on the rise again this year, with critics claiming it could completely erase the species from a number of areas across the UK
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October 2019
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OPINIONS
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Super grass: Building the future with bambooA new training course in Bali is hoping to change the way we think about construction -
Is planting trees the best use of land?Trees have many uses when it comes to better planetary health, but Marco Magrini asks if planting saplings is the only way we can best utilise our available land -
The dangerous state of the world’s large river basinsAppreciation of anthropogenic changes in the world’s great rivers needs to rise to the surface of geographical concern and political thought -
Computer says no – Why UK visa applicants are at the mercy of algorithmsThe reliance on outsourcing for processing UK immigration cases is a major cause for concern: users report a multitude of problems spanning from a lack of appointments, dispersed and minimal accessible sites, contradictory correspondence, a ‘maze of misinformation’ and ‘Kafkaesque’ customer services
PEOPLE
I’m a Geographer
Vatosoa is the National Coordinator of the MIHARI Network, an organisation working…
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 viewpoint, Rory Walsh visits a mythical monolith…
