Stressed city fathers
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Africa’s wildebeest: Those that can’t migrate are becoming genetically weaker — new study
The large African antelopes’ migration routes are being interrupted by roads, oil and gas pipelines, railway lines, fences, cities, …
Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as the Caribbean’s most populous country may have fallen to armed gangs
Capital Port-au-Prince a ‘city under siege’ as US Marines reportedly evacuate embassy staff
Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought
Until now, scientists believed humans only travelled south into the Americas when this ice barrier began to melt, at the earliest, 16,500 years ago
Conflict, COVID-19 fuelled 6.5 million displacements in eastern Africa in 2020
Extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, droughts also a major factor behind such displacements
Major new study unveils complexity and vast diversity of Africa’s genetic variation
More than three million new genetic variants discovered, details of migration and expansion of groups across the continent found
DTE recommends: What to read, watch and do
Here's all about a book on war and environment during the Mughals, a documentary on people forced to migrate due to climate change and a wildlife …
What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world
The rapid rate of urban population growth, fuelled by massive rural to urban migration, has overwhelmed public sector resources in the country
The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study
Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range …
The challenge of manufactured consent
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Northeast reopens the anti-migration issue
Study sheds new light on lineage of Arctic people
Analysis based on DNA samples collected from ancient human remains
Awesome monarchs
Migration cycle of the fragile monarch butterfly extends beyond its average lifespan
Agroforestry, livestock & non-traditional crops: Ground report finds Himalayan farmers adapting to climate change
Irregular rainfall impacting traditional farming; investments into new methods good examples of climate adaptation, say experts
The Future is Now
In 1992, the world moved several steps towards globalisation. But little attention was paid to the sharp economic, social and cultural divides. …
Movement for worse
The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives
Will agriculture help twice-returned Saurashtra migrants tide over COVID-19 crisis?
Several Saurashtra migrants who had returned to work in Surat in May-end said they have fallen back on land resources for agriculture
Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?
A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …
Overlooked crisis
While there is much talk about climate migration, the world is without a legal framework to protect people displaced by weather disasters
What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US?
The challenging topography of humid, swampy rainforest as well as criminal gangs who control the area, make the route an extremely challenging …
7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support
Displaced people are forced to live in crowded and unsanitary camps
Look back at the decade: It’s a tinderbox world
Growth has stumped environment. The decade of 2020 is the last chance we have to walk the talk and make it right
Paddy damaged due to poor rainfall, Nuapada farmers migrating out months earlier than usual
Mounting losses have forced farmers to accept advance money from contractors for work in other states
A tale of 2 communities in Gujarat: One wants to be a farmer while the other wants to migrate — a win-win game for all
Thakor community is hopeful that in the near future, with more such leasing opportunities from the Patels, they will be able to accumulate enough …
Multiple threats cause huge decline in migratory waterbirds in Africa, Eurasia
Proportion of decrease in AEWA waterbird population is higher in central and southwest Asia and eastern and southern Africa
How important are migratory birds in an era of climate change
As many as 1,349 species of birds have been recorded as of 2019, of which 78 are endemic to the country and 212 species are …
