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Values and the sharing economy
Given the urgency of the crises we face, social and environmental concerns must remain key in the public discourse about the sharing economy.
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Global fight for natural resources ‘has only just begun’
Academics and business figures give a grim warning at the Resource 2012 conference.
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Revealing the world’s hottest biodiversity hotspot
Entomologist Dmitry Telnov hopes to shed light on one of the world's last unexplored biogeographical regions: Wallacea and New Guinea.
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Beyond the ‘resource curse’
Expert Raphael Kaplinsky discusses why industrialized and low- and middle-income countries need to look past their current idea of resources.
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Displaced indigenous Malaysians face uncertain future
Many of the Orang Asli peoples living in Malaysia's forests are relocated to make way for development and must continually battle for land rights.
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Debate 2.0: Paying Ecuador to leave oil underground?
Ecuador will forgo drilling to protect rainforest peoples and species. Should rich nations compensate for this sacrifice?
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