In 2020, delegates from nearly 200 countries will meet in the capital of Yunnan province, southwest China, to agree on a new framework to halt biodiversity loss and protect ecosystems. [...]
Fri, Mar 22, 2019Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: News from China Dialogue
Fish from China sold in Kenya have been discovered to contain traces of heavy metals that threaten human health, a laboratory at the University of Nairobi found. Samples of fish [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2019Source: News from China Dialogue
In 2014, China declared a war against pollution when Premier Li Keqiang pledged to crackdown on polluters and negligent officials “with an iron fist” at the opening of the annual [...]
Thu, Mar 14, 2019Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: News from China Dialogue
China's major state-backed development lenders issued fewer loans to Latin America last year than they have for a decade, suggesting a more cautious approach to investing in the region, according [...]
Tue, Mar 12, 2019Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: News from China Dialogue
Mining and metals are essential to achieving the UN's 2030 sustainable development goals. As the world's population continues to grow, the demand for critical metals will continue to increase. The [...]
Mon, Mar 11, 2019Source: News from China Dialogue
Source: China Development Brief
Source: China Development Brief
What is a time bank? A time bank is a banking institution that runs on time credit exchanges. Time banking works on the principle that after retiring, people can spend [...]
Mon, Mar 18, 2019Source: China Development Brief
Lin Yong, a National People's Congress (NPC) deputy from Guangdong Province, has submitted a motion for shared parental leave during this year's meeting of the NPC. Mr. Yong claims that [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2019Source: China Development Brief
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Yesterday, the U.S.-based Open Source Hardware Association announced on its website that it had canceled plans to hold [...]
Fri, Mar 15, 2019Source: China Development Brief
China's first national ecological protection and poverty alleviation fund, the “Special fund for forestry and grassland ecological protection and poverty alleviation”, has been initiated by the State Forestry and Grassland [...]
Thu, Mar 14, 2019Source: China Development Brief
On the eve of the opening of the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, China's Alashan SEE Foundation teamed up with the Number Five Foundation from the Netherlands [...]
Wed, Mar 13, 2019Source: China Development Brief
This is an abridged and adapted translation of a commentary published on the Charity School （公益慈善学园） WeChat account on the 10th of March. Charity School is a platform for publishing [...]
Tue, Mar 12, 2019Source: China Development Brief
Source: China Development Brief
China's 13th National People's Congress opened its second session on the morning of March 5th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang delivered the government [...]
Thu, Mar 07, 2019Source: China Development Brief
Von Uwe Hoering, Februar 2017: Vor einem Jahrzehnt schien es so, als würde ein ‚Schlafender Riese' geweckt: Afrika habe das Potential, zum Brotkorb der Welt' zu werden. Dafür wurde auf [...]
Wed, Feb 01, 2017Source: News from Globe Spotting
Catch 'em young! Nachwuchssorgen in der Landwirtschaft; Konzernkontrolle über Saatgut durch 'Ranking'; Widerstand gegen Privatisierung erfolgreich; Heilongjiang wird Gentechnik-freie Provinz - jedenfalls vorerst; Peasant Studies: Explaining resistance and its absence; [...]
Fri, Dec 23, 2016Source: News from Globe Spotting