EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 1st October 2020 COVID Clears the Skies for Earth-Observing Drones in Nepal Geospatial data provided by drones can be crucial for emergency preparedness and infrastructure planning in Nepal. Jetliners, however, can get in the way.
New Scientist Magazine (online) • 30th July 2020 How refugee camps in Bangladesh defend against Covid-19 Coronavirus has begun spreading around refugee settlements, but in one of the world’s largest refugee camp complexes a worst-case scenario may have been avoided.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 28th July 2020 Churches Alone Can't Stop The Killing of Forest Defenders Colombia and the Brazilian Amazon remain two major hotspots for deadly attacks on environmental defenders, a new report from human rights NGO Global Witness reveals.
New Scientist Magazine (online) • 1st July 2020 Drug cartels are driving deforestation in Guatemala Drug traffickers in Central America have been known to practise “narco-ranching”, in which they launder cash by buying land and cattle, then selling the meat in Mexico for clean money.
CityMetric (By New Statesman) • 10th June 2020 A museum takes the lead in Medellin's pandemic response When Covid-19 first hit Colombia in early March, Medellín's municipal government was already looking for ways to include cultural institutions in the city’s pandemic response.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 3rd June 2020 Catholic Church Fights COVID-19 in Amazon Basin Less than a year ago, Colombian Indigneous leader Anitalia Piachi was addressing the Catholic Church’s leadership in Rome, now her community is hard-hit by COVID-19.
Ensia [Online Magazine Feature] • 2nd June 2020 Indigenous seed banks tackle multiple global challenges Experts say seeds from traditional agricultural varieties could help solve food shortages and malnutrition, as well as boost food system resilience to climate and cultural challenges.
SciDev.Net [Global Edition] • 24th April 2020 Shortage of coronavirus ‘cure’ hits mothers with lupus Health experts warn pregnant lupus sufferers and their babies are at risk as global supplies of an anti-malarial medicine used to treat the disease run dry due to COVID-19 panic.
Forbes.com [contributor] • 12th April 2020 Silence Is The Price Paid For Coping With Coronavirus A lone voice rings out over the deafening silence of a Monday morning in Medellin, Colombia "Aguacate!" yells the fruit seller, using the Spanish word for avocado.
SciDev.Net [Global Edition] • 1st April 2020 Coronavirus ‘could devastate’ indigenous communities Despite fears of food insecurity,indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating corona-virus outbreak in their territories.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 31st March 2020 Lockdowns & Virtual Mass: One Country's COVID-19 Strategy The government and Catholic Church in El Salvador are confronting another new, challenging era in the country’s already rocky past: the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NBC News (USA)- online feature • 19th March 2020 Experts warn of Venezuela's hidden COVID-19 crisis Experts from Venezuela are warning that an already-crippled health care system makes it likely the country will be hit hard by COVID-19, which will in turn affect the entire Latin American region.
Undark Magazine (MIT) [online] • 4th March 2020 In a TV Host's Bombast, Colonial Science Lives On American TV host and self-styled "adventurer" Forrest Galante claimed he found a rare reptile, but it was already documented by Colombian researcher Sergio Balaguera-Reina.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 6th March 2020 Where Women Have Land Rights, Communities Thrive Women are on the front lines of protecting traditional and Indigenous land from threats but they often struggle to have their own rights to these lands recognized and respected.
The Week [UK magazine] • 3rd November 2019 Colombia's growing sustainable farming movement For over 20 years, Carlos Osorio, 65, was a conventional farmer outside the central Colombian village of El Carmen de Viboral — spraying pesticides every single day.
COSMOS Magazine Australia (online) • 28th October 2019 Australian scientists helping Nepal navigate water management Australia's CSIRO is working with Nepalese colleagues to implement a scientifically sound and socially equitable water management plan in the Kamala Basin, an important irrigated agriculture zone
Science Magazine (AAAS) [Online] • 8th October 2019 Golden Rice: The Imperiled Birth of a GMO Superfood Ed Regis explores why certain food plants are treated by authorities and the public as “genetically modified,” as worthy of strict cautionary regulation and others seen as "natural.”
NBC News (USA)- online feature • 9th September 2019 Faith leaders, indigenous people team up in the Amazon For The Roman Catholic Church, which has ramped up its focus on the Amazon and the millions of indigenous people who live there, prayer is not enough.
DW Global Ideas & Environment • 15th August 2019 Monitoring Colombia’s Rich Biodiversity In Sound Just in Colombia, scientists have amassed a collection of over 20,000 animal sounds being used to study everything from climate change to deforestation and urbanization.
Public Radio International (PRI) • 9th August 2019 Indigenous land rights key to climate adaption: UN UN says land tenure of Indigenous and traditional landholders is key to climate adaption but Colombia warn they can’t protect the forests if they can’t protect themselves.
