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Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT
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"In Our World" relates to IIED's world of environment and development. It connects us with what’s going on in both the real world and online worlds.
Mountains, forests and rice paddies in Nepal. Photo: Sajal Sthapit
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Those designing forests businesses that are ‘fit for life’ won’t be taking any inspiration from Doha airport, says one weary blogger.
First bend of the Nu River in Yunnan Province, China.
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"In Our World" relates to IIED's world of environment and development. It connects us with what’s going on in both the real world and online worlds. As we develop this new feature its content and length will vary – so do let us know what you like and don’t like about it.
Fishing boats return to a beach on the Bay of Bengal.
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Our oceans give us food and oxygen, regulate climate and offer untold riches, yet are in deep trouble. So what should a new Global Ocean Commission do about it?
Picture of a cut out heart on a stick of wood.
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Here’s a step by step guide to the issues so you can both impress your lover with lovely blooms or choccies and your new-found knowledge on how to share the love more widely.
 A woman makes clothes for SOKO, a Kenyan textiles supplier that combines fashion manufacturing with bettering local livelihoods.
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With London Fashion week almost here, the fashion industry can learn lessons from SOKO, a Kenyan textiles supplier, on how to produce great fashion that also improves local livelihoods.
A forest canopy in Uganda.
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"In Our World" relates to IIED's world of environment and development. It connects us with what’s going on in both the real world and online worlds. As we develop this new feature its content and length will vary – so do let us know what you like and don’t like about it.
 View from the Shanghai World Financial centre’s observation platform – the air pollution is visible.
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This is the first in a series of regular posts in which either I or Suzanne Fisher-Murray will publish links to top content we have seen online in the past week.
Traders take matooke to market
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Political and business leaders gathering in Davos will discuss ‘resilient dynamism’, but their distrust of informal economies is a missed opportunity.
Picture of the Punakha Dzong, an administrative centre in Bhutan. A river runs past it in the foreground and wooded hills rise behind it.
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Instead of talking about climate change mitigation or adaptation, low carbon resilience has become the new buzzword in climate policy.

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