Dr. Dominic Dixon
Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade
Eight bird species, including two species of macaw, look set to have their extinctions confirmed following a robust new assessment of...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 13, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
The Challenge The story of industrial development has been an important determinant of the course of our history as a community of...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 13, 20183 min read
The tide is coming in for Indonesia's seaweed
Do you know much about seaweed farming? No? Well, neither did we until our interest was piqued by a story in The Jakarta Post about a...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 13, 20182 min read
Kwita Izina: baby gorillas’ naming ceremony celebrates our close connection to endangered Great Apes
Each year, a naming ceremony is held for newly born baby gorillas in the Volcanoes Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda: Kwita Izina. Closely...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 11, 20184 min read
Global hunger continues to rise | UN Report
821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk New evidence continues to...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 10, 20183 min read
Pig pens power a solution to climate change in Vietnam
When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 10, 20183 min read
Agricultural businesses can stem the tide of migration | Africa
Huge opportunities exist for youth across the entire agricultural value chain Creating decent employment opportunities for youth in...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 9, 20183 min read
10 Interesting facts about koalas
Surely koalas are one of Australia’s most famous animals. It’s not hard to see why because these aww-inducing marsupials can make even...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 7, 20184 min read
Toxic algal bloom continues to suffocate Florida’s Gulf Coast
Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 7, 20184 min read
India's stance on SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
The Challenge Globally, annual economic growth declined from 3% in 2000 to 1.3% in 2014. Roughly half the world’s population still lives...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 5, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
The Challenge There is no development without fuelling the engine of growth. Energy is critical and people with no sustainable access to...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 2, 20182 min read
Water under fire | The role of water in conflicts around the world.
When you think of the ways in which wars and conflicts are fought, water wouldn’t immediately come to mind, but in many conflicts,...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 2, 20182 min read
5 ways to shop and eat smarter for the climate
Using land to produce food, clothing, paper, and other goods has a huge impact on the planet's climate. In fact, it’s responsible for...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 31, 20183 min read
7 Ways you can help save the ocean
Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 29, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
The Challenge Every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply,...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Historic leap in Tunisia: Women make up 47 per cent of local government
Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20181 min read
Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Indian students mail 20,000 empty food wrappers to manufacturers
A dramatic act of protest reminds companies to take responsibility for the wasteful packaging they produce. Each morning this week I've...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 26, 20182 min read
Somalia has ‘once in a generation’ gender equality opportunity – UN Women chief
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...
Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 26, 20183 min read
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...
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