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the role of flower farms as one of the reasons for low water levels in the lake

Acid rain, farming

Foodmiles

Foodmiles

Impact of factory farming on thhe environment...in 5 parts

Soil degradation

The Brazilian government has said it will employ heat-seeking radar in a last-ditch attempt to save the country's remaining groups of isolated Indians.

Papua became part of Indonesia in 1969 after a controversial and very limited vote. Ever since there have been calls from some Papuans for independence and for decades a low-level armed resistance has been rumbling on, largely unnoticed by the outside.

BBC News embarks on a unique project telling the story of international trade by tracking a shipping container around the world for a year.

In this three-part series, the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus explores the fundamental shifts in the global system since the end of the Cold War. PODCASTS

Cultural homicide, ayoh! Ziauddin Sardar arrives in Singapore to find it's been occupied

different resources and activities on poverty and citizenship

The WTO has been the focus of much of the campaigning against globalisation. Mike Moore and John Madelely put forward their contrasting views on the organisation's role in advancing development and the possibility of a new trade round, while Adrian Wood argues the case for a development round.

Tonnes of artilces in this edition about the power and folly of the WB & IMF