The discovery of lithium resources in Jammu and Kashmir holds the potential to accelerate India's energy shift, but it comes as an uncertainty for locals in Salar.
Ecuador's turmoil is not merely local but linked to the global capitalist system with illicit drug trade and resource demand fueling paramilitary groups exacerbating the crisis.
A plantation project has changed the dynamics of social reproduction for Marind indigenous women, who engage in additional unpaid labor, or serve as household workers.
Sheep rearing is hurting the Welsh economy by inflicting financial hardship on farmers and aggravating the region's susceptibility to climate change through biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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