Researchers have developed a new map that plots exact locations of valuable timber in the Amazon forest. The information could be an effective way to target areas at risk of illegal logging and stop deforestation. [The Guardian]
The collapse of Yemen is coming from all sides including widespread thirst and hunger—44% of its people are not getting enough to eat and the cost buying water has skyrocketed. Now 95,000 people have fled two conflicts in the country and are in need of aid. [The Guardian]
A multimedia report by the BBC follows the human trafficking and prostitution rings that run from Mexico to New York City. [BBC]
Oxfam provides a summary of the G8 summit, which set the goal of helping 50 million people out of poverty and pledged $1.2 billion to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program. [Oxfam]
Brazil and the world are still waiting for President Dilma Rousseff to keep her campaign promises and veto the widely unpopular forest code that would but 190 million acres of Amazon forest at the hands of loggers and farmers. [The Guardian]
