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与象为邻

日期: 2022年1月13日 作者: 方睿韬 吕松滢 林一帆 王子进（排名不分先后） 微纪录片简介： 2021年夏天，15头亚洲象从云南西双版纳一路北迁至昆明，引发了全球数亿网友的关注。实际上，中国目前共有300余头野生亚洲象，全部生活在云南南部地区。近年来，象群北迁现象时有发生，间接造成了云南多地人象混居的现象。在距离昆明280公里的大树脚村，就有40余头野生亚洲象，长期和2400名当地村民“比邻而居”。 2021年8月，四名来自中国各地的高中生来到云南大树脚村，希望可以记录下这个村庄的现状。在这里，他们共同创作了微纪录片《与象为邻》——

WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond

Date 12 Jan 2022 Supporting innovations in the food system in Rwanda is the goal of a UN-backed initiative launched in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday.  The IGNITE Food Systems Challenge comes amid worsening food insecurity in East Africa due to rising conflict, climate change, natural disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic.  Both technical support and a total of $300,000Continue reading “WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond”

Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

Sidney Poitier, the only Black man to consistently win leading roles in major films from the late 1950s through the late 1960s. Like King, Poitier projected ideals of respectability and integrity. He attracted not only the loyalty of African Americans, but also the goodwill of white liberals.

我依然相信纽约——用艺术化解针对亚裔的仇恨 

新冠疫情暴发以来，纽约的歧视事件，尤其是针对亚裔的歧视事件大幅增加。为此，纽约市人权委员会与艺术家阿曼达·宾朵雅（Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya）合作，启动了名为“我依然相信我们的城市”（I Still Believe in Our City）的公共艺术项目。

Sweden’s flight-free movement: how views about holiday air travel are changing

Train journeys have been embraced as climate-friendly travel. Michael715/Shutterstock November 30, 2021 10.45am GMT Sara Ullström, Lund University and Kimberly Nicholas, Lund University Air travel is often presented as desirable, despite its high environmental cost. In Sweden, however, a movement advocating avoiding flying has gained influence since 2016, and has started to change the way travelContinue reading “Sweden’s flight-free movement: how views about holiday air travel are changing”

Survey shows South African firms in some sectors are highly innovative

The survey found that innovation was pervasive across all sectors, but particularly in engineering and technology, manufacturing and trade. A high percentage – nearly 70% – of South African businesses were innovation-active.

How inequality drives HIV in adolescent girls and young women

To fight economic inequality, female dependency on relationships and gender-based violence, female education is critical. GULSHAN KHAN/AFP via Getty Images November 28, 2021 9.06am GMT Hilton Humphries, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) Despite the advances that have been made against HIV, the world has 37 million people living with HIV.Continue reading “How inequality drives HIV in adolescent girls and young women”

‘Friends for life’: how living with locals helped refugees feel at home in a new country

Resettlement creates challenging situations for both the refugees seeking a new life, and for the communities in which they are placed. While many in these communities will feel sympathy towards refugees, others are afraid of what foreign migrants moving into their towns and villages might mean for their local socioeconomic environment.

To protect ocean environments, ‘good enough’ might be the best long-term option

Local support might be the most important factor for a successful marine protected area. Anastasia Quintana, CC BY-ND May 26, 2021 5.08pm BST Anastasia Quintana, University of California Santa Barbara and Alfredo Giron Nava, Stanford University The Gulf of California – a sea near the western border of the U.S. and Mexico – is home to someContinue reading “To protect ocean environments, ‘good enough’ might be the best long-term option”