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Stories
Australian REDD #Fail in Indonesia's Kalimantan forests
The Australian government's aid agency, AusAid has quietly scaled back an ambitious project in Indonesia that sought to reduce carbon emissions through re-forestation and rehabilitation of peatlands.
Communities in developing nations brace for climate change
Researchers and development workers from across the globe are meeting in Hanoi, to share knowledge of how local action can protect vulnerable communities in developing countries from extreme climatic events.
Rethinking Australia's overseas aid
Concerns are growing amongst Australian charities that the federal government's promise to increase foreign aid spending will be pushed back.
Australia's gift of play to Fukushima children
Australia's ambassador Bruce Miller to Japan has opened an Australian-funded playground for children attending a temporary kindergarten in Iino, Fukushima.
Table for Two's guilt-free meals for a good cause
How would you like to lunch or dine without feeling guilty about the calories, or better yet, how would you like to transfer some of those calories to someone who actually needs them?Well, now you can in Japan, Hong Kong and the US, thanks to a Japanese-inspired NGO, called Table for Two.
Indian politicians try to gag artists and academics
Although India, the world's largest democracy, has made great economic progress in recent years, by some accounts freedom of expression has lagged.
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