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Life in Turkey has become so expensive that many young people are thinking about leaving the country. The mountain state of Bhutan has water worries. And in eastern Germany, ground water levels are sinking.

Six years after the peace deal in Colombia, violence is still commonplace – can the country find lasting peace? The UAE is extremely arid. Could cloud manipulation produce more rain? And we look at brown hyenas under threat in Namibia.

Drought in the Horn of Africa: Millions of children at risk of starvation. In Spain, an NGO saves harvest rejects. In the US, the flooded Glen Canyon is resurfacing. And: A South Korean man is a proud foster parent to twelve North Korean children.

An iconic Australian beach resort, considered a dream destination for tourists, has become unaffordable for many of its residents. In Borneo, a German NGO has set out to plant 100 million trees. And: A new national park is taking shape in Romania.

In war-torn Ukraine, surrogate mothers are receiving little help from the agencies that hired them. Making money from the global water crisis. A highway through Cairo's City of the Dead.

Used clothing graveyard in Chile: Massive heaps of second-hand textiles in the Atacama Desert; Water as an export commodity: Is the Lesotho-South Africa deal fair? Green gold: Mafia and farmers in the Mexican lime crisis.

A water hyacinth plague in South Africa. Waiting for tourists at empty temples in Cambodia. Trying to turn back the clock on extinction. And nuclear test victims in the US who have fought decades for compensation.

How can we prevent desertification? The 'showcase of evolution', the Galapagos Islands are home to unique biodiversity - but for how much longer? And in Ghana, crowdinvesting is helping boost green businesses.

We are pleased to announce the Summer Session run by Venice International University (VIU), a consortium of which Waseda University is a mem...

Economic interests are often pursued at the expense of the world's poor. Global 3000 reports on the Asian migrants picking fruit in Portugal; Indonesia's single sachet packaging problem, and a Brazilian startup which enables online trading in the favelas.