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Indonesia faces environmental time bomb after coal bust
By: Fergus Jensen
Date: 4 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thousands of mines are closing in Indonesia's tropical coal belt as prices languish and seams run dry. But almost none of the companies have paid their share of billions of dollars owed to repair the badly scarred landscape they have left behind.
Philippines to review all mines as environmentalist takes helm
By: Manolo Serapio Jr and Enrico Dela Cruz
Date: 1 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Philippines will review all mines operating in the country, the new mining minister said on Friday, as the committed environmentalist vowed to determine whether the industry is hurting the Southeast Asian nation.
Kenya's flourishing flower sector is not all roses for Maasai
By: Shadrack Kavilu
Date: 30 june 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The shores of Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley are dotted with bustling shanty towns but it has not always been like this.
The local economy has grown dramatically since the late 1980s when the first commercial flower farms were established in the area, around 90 km (55 miles) north west of Nairobi.
Murders, violence on rise as central India battles for water
By: Shuriah Niazi
Date: 30 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As northern and central India continue to suffer thorough severe drought and oppressive heat, police in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand and several other regions are reporting a rise in violent - and often deadly - clashes over water.
Call for proposals for research on local markets in times of urban crisis
Date: 27 June 2016
Source: iied
IIED is inviting proposals for original research that will contribute to understanding local markets in the context of urban humanitarian crisis and response. Closing date: 21 July, 2016
New research funded on protecting the vulnerable in urban humanitarian crises
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: iied
Seven research projects will receive funding to study how to assist vulnerable urban groups facing humanitarian crises, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has announced
For women in India's Maharashtra, land brings basic rights
By: Rina Chandran
Date: 27 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundations
In drought-hit Marathwada, the poorest region in India's western Maharashtra state, there is an unusually high number of single women. Some were widowed after their farmer husbands committed suicide because of debt; others were abandoned because they didn't produce a son, while some were left behind when their husbands left to search for work.
Kenyan herders revive ancient grazing system as drought bites
By: Anthony Langat
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Kenya's Borana pastoralists are losing less livestock to drought, thanks to the revival of a centuries old traditional grazing management system, said the Adaptation Consortium initiative, which aims to support climate change adaptation in Kenya.