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Environment

Efforts to clean up supply chains gather pace

Large companies influence the working conditions and environments of people around the world. Efforts to impose transparency on the supply chains that stretch back to international hot spots are picking up. »

 
 
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Environment features

Auto Industry

An electric car being recharged

Cars' emissions

A study says stricter fuel laws would be greener than Berlin's plans for 1 million electric cars.»

 
 

Pollution

A man pours an organge chemical into a bottle

Leasing chemicals

Chemical companies trial a business plan that rewards them for selling less of their product.»

 
 

Endangered species

An elephant

Elephant in danger

WWF says Sumatra's elephants could be extinct in the wild in 30 years if land clearing continues.»

 
 
 
 
A malaria patient in eastern Congo

Development

Malaria deaths higher than expected, study finds

The latest findings show that the number of malaria-related deaths is nearly twice as high as previously thought. But other experts have doubts about the methods used to produce these estimates. »

 
 

Africa

Monumental gate in Abuja, Nigeria

Guaranteed growth

Export credit guarantees help German businesses increase their exports to Africa.»

 
 

Development Aid

Abdoulai Mohamed counting cash in his hut in Loruth, Turkana

No small change

Cash replaces food as the good of choice when it comes to receiving emergency aid.»

 
 

Africa

Kunta Boo, a village elder, on his land

Natural profits

Namibia's oldest indigenous inhabitants are looking to find their place in the modern world.»

 
 
 
Environment
Holz Brennholz Wald

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Development
Children in Somalia line up for food.

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Biodiversity

Global Ideas interviews an expert on the rapid loss of species in Africa

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