Sinamaica Lagoon is a large extension of water located northwest of Zulia state, Venezuela. The Paraujano population or ethnic Añu that inhabit this area have been lived on the Lagoon, in stilted houses over the water “palafitos”, since pre-colonial times. People living there, now estimated at 2800, use this body of water for fishing, transport, [...]

There is no respect economically or socially for farmers in India, they struggle to survive with dwindling finances dolled out by local governmental agencies at its disposal for grass root level farmers across the drought prone areas of Rajasthan, Bihar, Chattisgarh and the green belts of Punjab. While 64% of India is an agricultural based [...]

 
In the cities of Chongqing, Yichang and Wuham where the Yangtze River flows, people are caught in the middle of major transformations. These changes to their environment have left many displaced and disturbed. With the construction of The Three Gorges Dam, entire towns and cities have disappeared and new towns are emerging with no clear [...]

Douz, Tunisia : From all times, mankind found reason to gather and interact. With modern world frenzy, we live isolated from each others even though communication and social network tools like Twitter and Facebook abound. There are still ancient way to gather and share news.
Right on the edge of the Sahara, Douz is built in [...]

As soon as the Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara started and the vicious and bloody war diffused, nearly 200,000 Saharawis made their way across the desert, under aerial bombardment, to refugee camps in Algeria. Five camps were created under the control of the Polisario Front - the Sahawaris’ national liberation movement, which had appeared [...]

 
The monsoon rain finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal this week, on June 25. Some people cheered and laughed in the rain, before running for cover or bringing out their umbrellas. Over the next 4 month, 80-90% of the years “water supply” will arrive from the sky, since rainfall is the only source of water in [...]