No . 123 • Issue 1 / 2017 CONTENTS climate change issue science
No . 123 • Issue 1 / 2017 CONTENTS climate change issue science
14 A Habitat for Humanity
BY YD BAR-NESS
PICTURESQUE
20 Salt
BY MOHAMMAD RAKIBUL HASSAN
reflections
30 Walk the Talk
revealed
32 Here Comes the Sun
culture
42 Mind the Gap
Food security and women farmers
BY TAMARA NAIR
environment
76 Leading the Charge
Nepal ’ s renewable energy initiatives
BY MICHAEL NORTHROP , BIKASH PANDEY
science
86 The Lungs of the Earth
Climate change and our liquid planet
BY DR EMMA CAMP
MEMORIES
102 Weathering the Storms
passport
104 Leaving more than Footprints
BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON
IMAGE © ANTOINE RAAB / RUOM
culture
34 Vanishing Roots
In Cambodia , the indigenous Kuy community is organising itself to preserve its roots , traditions , and protect the land to which it belongs
BY THE RUOM COLLECTIVE
heritage
48 The Temple in the Sea
A Buddhist temple in Thailand weathers the destruction caused by rising water levels . For one monk , it ’ s sink or swim
BY BRENT LEWIN
On Assignment
54 They Call It Happyland
In Manila , poor communities rely on the city ’ s abundant supply of waste to survive , living in – and depending on – squalor
BY JOE HENLEY , PAUL RATJE
ENVIRONMENT
62 The Buzzkill
Pesticides , diseases and global warming are plunging the honeybee population into decline . Farmers in China are doing the work of bees
BY DAVE GOULSON
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