DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 18 2025 (IPS) - In my country, Senegal, almost 70 percent of our land is used to graze livestock. Here and across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems ...

The global risk landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, posing significant threats to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As extreme weather, macroeconomic shocks, conflict, ...

India’s noted ornithologist and conservationist, Asad Rahmani, was pleased about water in four important wetlands in Kashmir.

In a quiet corner of Medina Gounass, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, one man has taken it upon himself to breathe new ...

Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That’s 10 ...

In an interview with IPS, a smallholder farmer and youth leader speaks about the role people like him play in the food systems chain.

Youth Forum’s theme is “Youth at the Forefront: Leveraging Science and Social Inclusion for Sustainable Development”, bringing together government representatives, young leaders and policymakers among ...

With rain, hail, and frost coming at the wrong time, a group of Andean farmers living 3,000 meters above sea level have turned to agroecological practices.

As inequality and polycrises stalk the world, deep changes are needed in relationships with nature if the planet is to be livable and sustainable.

MANDALAY, YANGON, LONDON, Apr 11 2025 (IPS) - Two weeks after a devastating earthquake hit central Myanmar, the military junta is directing flows of international aid to urban centres it controls ...

Back in the day when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ran a de-facto state in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, alcohol consumption was closely monitored, and sternly frowned upon.