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Rolex announces 2019 Laureate finalists, public vote to choose winners
May 24, 2019
Written by
Luke Weir
Rolex has announced the ten finalists for its 2019 Rolex Awards, each vying to become one of the five chosen Laureates, honoured for their work in global development projects
Dossier: Tobacco's big child labour problem
May 10, 2019
Written by
Text by Mark Rowe • Cartography by Benjamin Hennig
Despite cigarette consumption dropping globally, their manufacture is still one of the world’s most profitable industries. For many farmers, tobacco cultivation is a vital source of income. One big problem – much of the labour is carried out by children
Malaysia looks to capitalise on China’s taste for durian
Apr 03, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
As China’s demand for the notoriously smelly durian fruit soars and Malaysia looks set to capitalise, environmentalists question the cost
Clear Vision: How Sightgeist is battling blindness in developing countries
Mar 29, 2019
Written by
Robyn White
Event at the Science Museum aims to highlight the unaddressed disability of poor vision
Open-source seeds: protecting new crops from privitisation
Mar 28, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
Concern about the increasing privatisation of seeds has resulted in the creation of an open-source licence to keep seeds in public hands
Why the Brumadinho dam collapse wasn’t surprising
Mar 20, 2019
Written by
Katie Burton
The recent dam collapse in Brazil could just be the beginning of a series of disasters due to inadequate dam technology and monitoring
Predicting the unidentified carriers of zika, dengue and yellow fever
Mar 04, 2019
Written by
Chris Fitch
Where will the next virus outbreak emerge? A new model predicting wildlife species potentially capable of transferring pathogens to humans helps answer the question
The Women Who Mine
Jan 31, 2019
Written by
Eleonora Vio
Female-led artisanal mining associations are fighting back against a predominately male industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Digging deeper wells in Bangladesh reduces arsenic poisoning
Jan 16, 2019
Written by
Chris Fitch
Once a constant threat across Bangladesh, arsenic poisoning has significantly reduced thanks to deeper wells
How a once-maligned shrub can help farmers in Senegal grow better crops
Jan 11, 2019
Written by
Chris Fitch
Once dismissed as undesirable competitors, certain West African shrubs are now being recognised as significant crop enhancers
The New Silk Road – An interactive look
Dec 19, 2018
Written by
Geographical
Still puzzled by China’s trillion dollar masterplan for the future of global trade? Kontinentalist brings you an interactive overview to help bring you up to speed
Along the New Silk Road – Yiwu: The World Market
Dec 17, 2018
Written by
Charles Stevens
In this final instalment of our monthly series of reports looking at the impact China’s BRI project is having on the local infrastructure situated along its route, explorer and China scholar Charles Stevens reaches Yiwu, the end of the line…
Groundcherries might be on the menu as CRISPR allows scientists to modify crops
Nov 23, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Gene editing technology means scientists are close to changing small-scale crops into plants suitable for industrial production
Along the New Silk Road – Khorgos: where East meets West
Oct 25, 2018
Written by
Charles Stevens
In this penultimate instalment of our monthly series of reports looking at the impact China’s BRI project is having on the local infrastructure situated along its route, explorer and China scholar Charles Stevens visits the Khorgos Gateway that bridges China…
Southeast Asia swapping opium with coffee
Oct 16, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
The ‘golden triangle’ switches from growing opium crops to coffee
Tropical disease research led by poorer nations
Sep 22, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Many countries that are classified as being ‘not high income’ nonetheless lead the world in tropical disease research
Along the New Silk Road – Anaklia: a stepping stone to Europe
Sep 21, 2018
Written by
Charles Stevens
As part of our monthly series of reports looking at the impact China’s BRI project is having on the local infrastructure situated along its route, explorer and China scholar Charles Stevens visits a major development project that could open up…
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