Research Resources
Topical Background Readings:
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Additional Resources for Research:
Food Security Resources
- Websites:
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- Global Food Security – facts and figures pertaining to top global food security issues http://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/issue/facts.html
- Global Food Security Initiative – overview of food security issue http://www.globalfoodsec.net/modules/fast_facts/
- Feeding America – food and hunger statistics for the United States
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx - 1,000 Days – organization focusing on malnutrition and related issues in children http://www.thousanddays.org/
- USAID: Global State of Agriculture – infographic of global food issues
http://50.usaid.gov/infographic-the-global-state-of-agriculture/usaid-agriculture-1000/?size=infographicMedium - Office of Global Food Security – subsection of the U.S. State Department http://www.state.gov/s/globalfoodsecurity/index.htm
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations – interactive hunger map and statistics http://www.fao.org/hunger/en/
- Articles:
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- Justin Gillis. “A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself.” The New York Times, 6 June 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/science/earth/05harvest.html?pagewanted=all - Neil MacFarquhar. “Experts Worry as Population and Hunger Grow.” The New York Times, 21 October 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/22food.html?_r=1 - Charles Seibert. “Food Ark.” National Geographic, July 2011.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/07/food-ark/siebert-text - Kenneth Weis. “As the World’s Population Grows, Hunger Persists on a Massive Scale.” Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/la-fg-population-matters3-20120726-html,0,2752228.htmlstory
- Justin Gillis. “A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself.” The New York Times, 6 June 2011.
The Global Status of Women Resources
- Websites:
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- World Health Organization – information on maternal mortality
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/index.html - World Savvy Monitor – detailed information on women’s issues globally and in specific parts of the world
http://worldsavvy.org/monitor/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=550&Itemid=970 - International Monetary Fund – empowering women as smart economics
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2012/03/revenga.htm - United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals – Goal 3: Promoting Gender Equality
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_3_EN.pdf - Half the Sky – information on economic empowerment, education and maternal mortality
http://www.halftheskymovement.org/issues/economic-empowerment - Global Fund for Women – fact sheet on the status of women
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/impact/media-center/fact-sheets/status-of-women-fact-sheet
- World Health Organization – information on maternal mortality
- Articles:
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- International Herald Tribune – archive of articles focusing on gender issues.
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-female-factor/ - Cynthia Gorney. “Brazil’s Girl Power.” National Geographic, September 2011.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/girl-power/gorney-text - Andrew Purvis. “Why Merkel Is Not Enough.” Time Magazine, 22 January 2006.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1151750,00.html
- International Herald Tribune – archive of articles focusing on gender issues.
Wildlife Habitat Resources
- Websites:
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- World Wildlife Fund – overview of deforestation
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_forests/deforestation/ - World Wildlife Fund – impacts of habitat loss on species, specifically in the issue of Palm Oil in Borneo
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/problems/habitat_loss_degradation/ - The Guardian – interactive map of the state of coral reefs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/sep/02/coral-world-interactive - National Geographic – marine habitat destruction
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-habitat-destruction/ - Oceana – feature on oil slicks and their environmental impacts
http://oceana.org/en/eu/media-reports/features/oil-slicks - Green Peace International – overview of habitat loss
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/impacts/habitat_loss/ - The Nature Conservancy – factsheet on rainforests’ biodiversity and threats
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/rainforests/rainforests-facts.xml
- World Wildlife Fund – overview of deforestation
- Articles:
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- Ian Sample. “Amazon’s Doomed Species Set to Pay Deforestation’s ‘Extinction Debt.’” The Guardian, 12 July 2012.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/12/amazon-deforestation-species-extinction-debt - University of Kansas. “Habitat Destruction May Wipe Out Monarch Butterfly Migration”, ScienceDaily, 5 April 2008.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080401230705.htm - Jim Robbins. “The Ecology of Disease.” The New York Times, 14 July 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-ecology-of-disease.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
- Ian Sample. “Amazon’s Doomed Species Set to Pay Deforestation’s ‘Extinction Debt.’” The Guardian, 12 July 2012.
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