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Ends don’t justify the means – Backlash of sustainability in the DRC
Do you know how your phone is made? Two major advances have dominated the tech scene in the last decade – the mass adoption of mobile phones and the progressive shift towards electric mobility, which respectively, have induced a structural reconfiguration of social norms and urban planning. Cell phones have become indispensable in enabling worldwide…
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Condor Cliff and La Barrancosa: the dangerous dams of Patagonia
A unique glacier As one embarks on the boardwalk hike facing the Perito Moreno glacier, the usual tranquility of Patagonian wind and birds is all to be heard. However, the stunned spectators are soon welcomed with a thundering crash, none other than entire boulders of ice falling from the glacier into the water, reverberating miles…
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Lake Chad – less water, more insecurity
Lake Chad’s progressive dessication fragilises the primary water supply of 40 million people.
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Circular economy models to solve the Peruvian water crisis
Poorer neighbourhoods of Lima rely on trucks to deliver water, by Jan Sochor Unthinkable inequality in Latin America Sitting at the foot of a steep hill in Lima, the neighbourhood of Las Casuarinas is a showcase of multimillion dollar residences, equipped with swimming pools and panoramic views of the Peruvian capital. From here one cannot…
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BRIC breaker – failing to satisfy international commitments in the Amazon
Economic and environmental balance in Brazil Effects of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, by A. Penner. With a population numbered at just 415 by the Instituto Socio Ambietal, the Aparai and Wayana tribes have lived along the East Paru river in Brazil for over one hundred years. Isolated from the urban centres of the State…
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Land of White Gold – a look inside Latin America’s lithium triangle
Revolution in the 21st century Salinas Grandes in the Jujuy province of Argentina, by Kevin Jones South of San Pedro de Atacama lies the largest salt flat in Chile. Stretching over 100 kilometres of what is commonly called the dryest place on Earth, the Salar de Atacama has become one of the country’s main tourist…
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