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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
Down the Danube
Nov 06, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
Earlier this year, a group of packrafters set out on an epic endeavour to paddle across Europe, navigating their way from Ireland all the way to the distant Black Sea. Chris Fitch joined them as they made their way through…
The inspectors call: Chinese environmental crackdown
Nov 04, 2017
Written by
Laura Cole
China’s central government is to shut down factories and punish local officials in the latest sweep of environmental crackdowns across the country
Last of the Igu
Oct 23, 2017
Written by
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
While travelling across the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, travel writer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent finds herself asked to a sacrificial tribal festival in a remote village on the Indo-Tibetan border
Was Scott betrayed in Antarctica?
Oct 20, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
New evidence suggests the historic Antarctic expeditionary may have been undermined by Scott’s second-in-command
Regina ‘Gina’ Lopez, an environmental activist, former Environmental Secretary to Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, and member of the business elite, has been awarded the 2017 Seacology Prize for her opposition to mining and work to improve ecosystems across the islands of…
Home and Dry: Middle East water shortages
Oct 12, 2017
Written by
Chris Fitch
As the global supply of water comes under increased strain, regional instability leaves Jordan stuck between a rock and a hard place
Bonita Norris: adventurer and public speaker
Oct 09, 2017
Bonita Norris is an adventurer, public speaker and television presenter, who climbed Mount Everest in 2010 after attending an RGS-IBG lecture two years earlier. Her new book, The Girl Who Climbed Everest, is on sale now
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