Interview with Tasso Azevedo (MapBiomas)
MapBiomas uses maps to tell the history of evolving land use and its impacts. Tasso Azevedo of MapBiomas spoke with
From Fred de Sam Lazaro / PBS NewsHour: Cambodia is littered with unexploded land mines, posing a huge threat to people even decades after the conflict. In order to help locate and remove mines, a unique organization named Apopo trains rats to sniff them out. Rats have extremely sensitive noses and have found about 500 mines and more than 350 unexploded bombs in Cambodia since 2016. The drawback is the pace of the long, tedious, and dangerous work.
MapBiomas uses maps to tell the history of evolving land use and its impacts. Tasso Azevedo of MapBiomas spoke with
Volunteers with the Annual Status of Education Report test children’s math and reading skills in villages across India. While 96
Fair Trade USA certifies fair trade products in the United States through regular visits to fair trade farmer cooperatives where
PeerForward, a youth leadership development organization, taps into the power of peer networks to increase the number of students in
Landesa helps families in India obtain legal land rights through digital records. Supporting women to lead the documentation work has
The Africa CDC is an autonomous public health agency of the African Union that supports the public health initiatives of
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