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Aid to Mozambique primarily means opportunities for Dutch businesses

Hundreds of Mozambicans died last month as a result of tropical cyclones and the flooding that followed. Decent coastal protection and drainage is entirely lacking. In 2012, the Netherlands designed a master plan for the coastal city of Beira that was fully on trend for new style development cooperation: aid through trade. Can you really leave coastal protection up to market forces?

Karin Nansen, FOE Uruguay: “Women run the local food system”

The struggle for food sovereignty and women's rights go hand in hand in Uruguay. Karin Nansen, founding member of and coordinator for REDES, Friends of the Earth Uruguay, has just been appointed as the new chair of Friends of the Earth International. In 2015 she talked to us about how the struggles for sustainability and equal rights are interconnected. A story that is more relevant than ever.

Landbouw & voedsel

Clean air bought the farm: agro-lobby decimates air quality directive

What does the agro-lobby have to say about the air that you breathe? More than you think. The debate on air quality in Europe has turned into a brawl where the agricultural sector has knocked out emission standards for farms in the new air quality directive – and that has serious consequences for our health.