The biggest issues in global development and the environment.
World Service,Β·490 episodes
Use of pesticides, a discussion with farmers and experts about spray applied chemicals
What impact does this have on the economy, farming and food production?
A look at rising sea levels in flooded Venice and damaged foundations
Road deaths linked to trees.
Nepalese hydropower, the need for dams but also the damage to local communities
Report on the demolition of dams in the USA.
Eco-development or traditional housing estates, why are carbon neutral houses not popular?
Communities struggling against airport expansion.
The future for bio-technology
Benefits, and risks, of GM foods in the developing world.
Monsanto and the farmers who grow GM Crops
How does the new GM crop technology affect people around the world?
Fears concerning rising tides, global warming, pollution and the death of coral on Fiji.
Attempts by South Pacific Islanders to work against growing environmental challenges.
Attempts to create sterile male tsetse flies to reduce the tsetse population
Greater use of the river Thames as a means to getting round congestion in London
Examining the cost of immigration to Britain and the developing countries emigrated from.
Discussing the work of children's charities in Kosovo following the crisis there.
How well is Kosovo coping following the war there, compared with other conflict zones?
Promoting Fairtrade goods in a cafe in Islington.
Environmental damage caused by plastic bags on the Irish coast
Examining the poor and polluted water supply in Ethiopia's Rift valley.
Talks in Kurdistan about the issues faced by mountain communities.
Plans to reduce or even eliminate St. Lucia's carbon emissions
Iceland's plans to utilise hydrogen fuel technology as a replacement for carbon produce.
The world's mountains, the voices of mountain communities.
International trade in leather, is it possible to create a less polluting industry?
Ecological Sanitation systems in Mozambique.
Examining the seed banks for future crops, starting with maize seed supply in Mozambique.
Teaching children about the environment, in Britain, Uganda and India.