The map indicates the location and original extent of the Aral Sea (circled). The satellite image immediately below shows what remains in 2010.

A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies

Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
A syrup-covered globe sends a message to the White House and BP. Larry Downing / Reuters

That petrol emotion: BP's 'cleanup' of the Gulf of Mexico

Adam Ma’anit peers beyond the smoke and mirrors at BP’s ‘clean up’ of the Gulf of Mexico.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
Gunsa and fungal gold. These nomads from central Tibet sell the yarsagumba fungus, prized for its aphrodisiac properties, to Chinese traders in Lhasa.

Fungus to die for

A brutal murder in the high Himalayas is covered up by a whole village. Jamie James sets out on a quest for the precious aphrodisiac at the heart of the crime – and to meet the men responsible. Photographs by Thomas Kelly.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
John Giles / Press Association Images

Humans vs. Nature

Dinyar Godrej on the need for reconnection.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators Robert Fisk

Interview with Robert Fisk: we preach democracy yet befriend dictators

We only have ourselves to blame for the Middle East's cynicism, says Robert Fisk.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Chicks on speed

Chicks on speed

Naked art-piles, wireless guitar shoes, and jackets that turn into tents...
Also: a controversial comedy about farmer suicides (yes, that's right) from Indian filmmaker Anusha Rizvi, and a special focus on a new generation of exciting and talented

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Even educated women in Kabul consult street sorcerers.Gulbuddin Elham / Aina Picture Agency Afghanistan

I put a spell on you...

NI gives the inside story on how male sorcerers are keeping women down in Afghanistan.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
A Maoist woman in the jungle of Chhattisgarh. Shailendra Pandey

Arundhati Roy – princess to pariah

Arundhati Roy's fierce critiques of Indian democracy have made her public enemy number one. But, argues Shoma Chaudhury, her story is that of contemporary India itself.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
We don't really have a democracy David J Stanley

We don't really have a democracy

Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP and Agent Bristly Pioneer reflect on this year's UK election

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Over the last 40 years, voter turnout has been steadily declining in established democracies.

The beauty of Big Democracy

Vanessa Baird celebrates the joys of disenchantment and the birth of hope.

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NI 436 - A wake-up call for democracy - October, 2010
Crops of truth

Crops of truth

Jaideep Hardikar travels to the bottom of the social scale, and the women of rural south India, to discover where knowledge and wisdom about seeds are still to be found.

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Merchants of death!

Merchants of death!

The troubling story of a corporate bid to take control of the world’s food supply, told by Sue Branford.

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Handle with care: two varieties of legume saved for seed in eastern Kenya.Isahu Esipisu

Surviving climate change

In many African societies seed preservation was once an almost sacred duty. Isaiah Esipisu explains why it is becoming vital again.

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Seeds of Medicago polymorpha (Toothed Bur Clover), native of the Mediterranean, now more widespread, help fix nitrogen in the soil.

Seeds - the facts

There are almost half a million known plant species, and more still to be discovered. Yet we now rely on just 15 to provide 90 per cent of our food crops.

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Tribute to the earth – women of the Arhuacos people pick seeds during the annual summer solstice ceremonies in Nabusimake, Colombia.Daniel Munoz / Reuters

Seed savers

The world’s seed markets are being gobbled up by ‘life-science’ corporations – but peasant farmers still feed the world. David Ransom reports.

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Latouche (above): ‘We need to replace egoism with altruism.’

Vive la décroissance

Julio Godoy talks to French de-growth guru Serge Latouche.

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NI 434 - Life beyond growth - July, 2010
A smiling worker from Lehman Brothers hits the street minutes after the bankrupt company closed its doors, September 2008.Joshua Loft / Reuters

Workers of the world, relax

Slowing growth could help us work less, live better and save the planet. So what’s not to like about that, wonders Zoe Cormier.

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NI 434 - Life beyond growth - July, 2010
Oops, no brakes!

Oops, no brakes!

Without growth the economy collapses. What’s the solution? Rowenna Davis asked Oxfam’s Duncan Green and researcher Tim Jackson for their opinions.

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NI 434 - Life beyond growth - July, 2010
‘Our land is not for sale’. Campesinos in Ecuador’s Intag Valley oppose foreign mining companies.MALCOLM ROGGE / AACRI

Coffee in the clouds

Roxana Olivera looks at local opposition to foreign mining companies in Ecuador.

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NI 434 - Life beyond growth - July, 2010

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Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
A wake-up call for democracy October, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Life beyond growth July, 2010
Life beyond growth July, 2010
Life beyond growth July, 2010
Life beyond growth July, 2010
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