Earth Report

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Home On The Range

Focuses on nomadic herders in Ethiopia and their efforts to live their traditional lifestyle in a changing environment.

Oil's Well

What will happen when the oil wells of Gabon become uneconomic?

Sila Alangotuk- Voices From The Tundra

Climate change threatens the environment and way of life of the Inuit peoples of the Arctic regions.

Pulp Aid

Waste paper from Europe is sent to India for recycling. Trouble is, in India there are charges of dumping disrupting local recycling efforts.

Sky Pirates

Despite the rapid elimination of ozone-destroying chemicals, the hole in the ozone layer has not been plugged. One reason is the illegal trade in CFCs and other ozone-damaging chemicals.

Think Global Act Natural

Hands On

Is there a way to balance the needs of local people, the environment, and tourists for the benefit of all?

Volt Face

Hands On

Volt Face looks at how people are getting their energy needs met without having to tap into large electricity schemes.

Waibulabula

Examines Fiji's pollution problems, their impact on living standards and tourism, and ways to solve them.

Wetting The Appetite

Examines China's decision to restore its wetlands at the expense of over a million farmers.

Paper Tiger

Efforts to maintain temperate rainforests in Tasmania, Australia.

It is estimated that over 50% of world's tropical forests have been lost or degraded over the last 20 years. But are they gone forever or is it possible to recreate a complex ecosystem like a rainforest?

Pay Now, Pay Later

Earth Report goes in search of sustainable development projects with a successful track record, and asks whether projects like these can be scaled up, to bring about real change.

Plumbing The Rights Part 1

Assesses the potential solutions to water access, such as privatisation and community mobilisation.

Plumbing The Rights Part 2

Is access to water a human right? According to the United Nations it now is. And yet more than a billion people still go without a safe regular supply.

Pumping Pressure

While underground reserves are being pumped dry, Earth Report finds that new ways to catch rainfall can provide a clever antidote to all the talk of a water crisis.

Prickly Profit

Prickly Profit looks at alternative efforts to nurture cactus plants which grow well in arid areas and produce a variety of fruits for sale for the export market.