Society
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Society IndiaOne Program, Many Benefits – for Nature and for Villagers
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has developed a mangrove planting project to help fight climate change and protect its fishing villages from coastal erosion and storms, as part of the world's largest programme aimed at providing jobs to rural citizens.
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Environment IndonesiaThe Right to Health: “We Must Improve Air Quality” Orders Capital City
A court in Jakarta ruled that the Indonesian government has failed to protect citizens’ rights to clean air, ordering them to take action. The city is home to ten million people, with some thirty million more living in its suburbs.
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Society NairobiVending Machines Offer Clean, Affordable Water to Slums
The life of Mukuru's slum residents in Nairobi will soon change drastically because they will finally have access to clean water distributed through vending machines, instead of the polluted highly-priced alternative offered by informal vendors.
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Society USAPay for Food and Healthcare with Virtual Cash? Why Not, Say Seven Towns
Seven regions around the world have adopted some form of cryptocurrency for everything from paying taxes to spending on essentials, and even for sending and receiving money abroad - showing us all the myriad of uses digital currency has.