Issue 529 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
January-February 2021
The biodiversity emergency
Nature restores, but is itself in need of restoration. Due to our constant commodification of the natural world we are erasing huge chunks of its awe-inspiring variety and damaging ourselves in the process. This edition's big story amplifies some of the concerns of those who live closest to nature, while attempting to get to grips with the complex challenges involved if we want to stop biodiversity's catastrophic decline. In the words of author Lucy Jones, we can no longer view nature as 'a luxury, an extra, a garnish.'
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The limits of eden
Indigenous people living in Peru’s Manu National Park have been locked out of its management. Could change be on the horizon?...
Beyond the tourist trail
Conservationists in the Global South are seeking sustainable pathways, finds Graeme Green.
‘Indigenous people respect all species’
An interview with environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.
The case for nature
As the alarm sounds on the sixth mass extinction, Dinyar Godrej squares up to what we need to do to avert it.
Country Profile: Argentina
Massive foreign debts and an impoverished population are intensifying age-old conflicts over natural resources in this...
‘I dream of opening a brewery, but is promoting alcohol wrong?’
When alcohol causes so much damage is it unethical to set up a brewery? Our Agony Uncle responds.
Finntopia
Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how Finland has come to be so equal, peaceful and happy – and sketch out the lessons...
The alternative film review
Malcolm Lewis on the latest releases in parallel cinema: The Mole Agent (El agente topo), directed and written by Maite Alberdi...
Spotlight: Tse Tse Fly Middle East
Louise Gray turns her attention to the anti-slavery musical activism of Tse Tse Fly Middle East.
Cartoon history: Otto René Castillo
ILYA sets ‘Apolitical Intellectuals’ to a modern tune, as he remembers the life of the Guatemalan revolutionary poet.