How governments across Africa defend troubling seeds regulations
Governments in African countries justify rush to formalise the seed sector citing acute food scarcity in the continent
COVID vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains
Africa’s score trails all major regions of the world in six key categories of logistics performance, including timeliness and tracking
The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and …
The New Oil Rush: Nations scramble for minerals critical to clean energy
As a bitter battle ensues between China and the rest of the world to control rare earth minerals, can India secure its place in this new energy order?
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.
Climate change is affecting agrarian migrant livelihoods in Ghana. This is how
The impact of climate events will be worse on poor communities in the global south because most of them depend on environmental resources
South-west Iceland is shaking and may be about to erupt
More than 17,000 earthquakes have been recorded in the Reykjanes Peninsula during the past week
UN mourns its parents
Saving environment needs efforts to reset the countries’ consumption & economic exploitation; but the poor need more control & …
Trailing giants: Clues to how people and giraffes can thrive together
The best way to reverse giraffe population declines is to monitor individual animals and learn why they do better in a particular place
Why Nigeria must include parents in plans to protect girls from cervical cancer
Only 8.7 per cent of Nigerian women had a pap smear in 2018
Mali fails to face up to the persistence of slavery
The practice is most prevalent among Mali’s nomadic Tuareg and Fulani communities in Central and Northern Mali
Space Supporting Africa: Volume 2: Education and Healthcare as Priority Areas in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030
This book addresses the need to support decision-makers across Africa by promoting awareness of the importance of space technologies
Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 5-August 11)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
The misnomer of sustainable fishing
Restricting subsidised high-seas fishing and supporting the local catch benefits fish, fishers and coastal communities
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (December 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Larger spleen helps Indonesia’s Bajau people demonstrate extraordinary diving skills
They are the first humans to have genetically adapted to have larger spleens which help them dive deeper and for longer periods
Taming the Sun – Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and …
Concrete in Extreme Environments
Contemporary events have shown that buildings designed to modern day codes need to be able to resist accidental extreme actions such as impact, …
The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease: Reading Smoke Signals
Global Air Pollution in Aging: Reading Smoke Signals is a complete reference connecting environmental pollution research to the human aging …
Entrepreneurship funds in Africa: distinguishing the good from the bad
Some entrepreneurship support models work better than others. And how they are set up is key
Apologies for yesterday’s crimes: Spain and its Conquistadors
Mexico recently asked Spain to apologise for Hernan Cortes’ Conquista. Are apologies to the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere overdue?
Another Honduras activist falls to bullets
Honduras is a dangerous country where 101 deaths of activists occurred between 2010 and 2014
Gangs offer a tempting 'home' to frustrated, unhappy youngsters
Youngsters who grow up in a culture of anger and violence may be drawn to gangs, and schools then become fertile grounds for criminal behaviour
‘Chinese medicine’s use of animals a threat to entire world’
Down to Earth speaks to US scientist and doctor, David Gorski about Traditional Chinese Medicine in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus update: 7 cases in Palestinian territories
Paris marathon postponed, US Congress allocates $8.3 billion for research, UK records first death, South Africa records first case