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Border situation threatens farmers livelihood
2021-06-29 17:17:00| Beef
Ranching families on the border faced with bailouts, unfriendly visitors and high costs to rebuild.
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Coronavirus: Half world's workers may see livelihood destroyed
2020-04-29 14:44:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The International Labour Organisation's updated analysis emphasises its severe impact on people in informal work.
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Weaving a livelihood in Kenya
2018-07-30 07:25:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Grace is one of the few remaining loom weavers in Kenya.
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Winds of climate change blast farmers hopes of sustaining a livelihood in Burkina Faso
2015-07-07 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One afternoon towards the end of May a violent wind howled through Bogandé, the main town in Gnagna province, in eastern Burkina Faso. Raising a storm of dust and sand, it plunged the streets into semi-darkness, driving roaming goats crazy. In villages across Gnagna people connect these extreme climate events with deteriorating living standards. They explain how these increasingly frequent red winds wreak havoc, burying their crops in sand, destroying their homes, and spreading disease among their...
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Climate Activist Bill McKibben Wins Right Livelihood Award
2014-09-24 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Bill McKibben, founder of the international climate action group 350.org, will be one of five recipients of this year`s Right Livelihood Awards, when they are presented at the Swedish Parliament in early December, the Stockholm foundation that created the awards announced today. The 2014 Awards honor courageous and effective work for human rights, freedom of the press, civil liberties and combating climate change, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation said. American surveillance whistleblower...