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Environment

Earthshot Prize: Costa Rica wins £1m from William's Earthshot prize — bbc — 18 October 2021 (LINK)

The winning project is a scheme paying local citizens to restore natural ecosystems that has led to a revival of the rainforest.

Another winner: Coral Vita, Bahamas: A project run by two best friends who are growing coral in the Bahamas, designed to restore the world's dying coral reefs. Using special tanks, they have developed a way to grow coral up to 50 times faster than they normally take in nature.

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Coral Vita: Making reef rescue fun – and a business — 2 April 2019 (LINK)

Young conservationists call for help to take their seat at the table — genevasolutions — 14 September 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Agenda 2021: a youth cure for the UN (LINK)

Overfishing

Seven Reasons to Be Optimistic About the World's Oceans — smithsonianmag — 11 August 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Overfishing: The greatest threat to our oceans (LINK)

Bahamas

Businessman Mario Carey calls FTX's landing in The Bahamas 'the holy grail of financial services' — ewnews — 11 January 2022 (LINK)

Downhill from 2016: Grand Bahama growth "stunted" after back-to-back hurricanes, notes IDB report — ewnews — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

Real estate agent says cruise homeporting can revolutionize economy — ewnews — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Caribbean Dreams – Economic Nightmares (LINK)

Travels in Switzerland

When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien "Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality" — (1961) openculture.com — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Tolkien's Switzerland – and much more – is in jeopardy, 19 September 2021 (LINK)

Internet

Can MIT's Tim Berners-Lee Save the Web? — bostonmagazine — 14 September 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Tim Berners-Lee, a SOLID defender of Internet users (LINK)

From the Field

Why the Island Nation of Palau Is Going Crypto — decrypt — 12 January 2022 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: At the Edge of the World (LINK)

Coral Reefs

The Sudan expedition postponed to 2022 — trsc — 9 August 2021 (LINK)

"The postponement of this first mission is due to the prolonged immobilisation of the sailing vessel Fleur de Passion following an incident in the Gulf of Aqaba on July 21st."

Reef Rescue: ETH alumni Marie Griesmar and Ulrike Pfreundt are printing 3D Lego-like clay bricks to help rebuild and regenerate the world's coral reefs — the-good-times.org — 12 July 2021 (LINK)

First Immortal Cell Line Cultured for Reef-Building Corals — the-scientist.com — 1 July 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Transnational Red Sea project to save coral reefs launched in Aqaba (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: The Last Great Coral Reef Wilderness (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Coral Vita: Making reef rescue fun – and a business (LINK)

Digital Switzerland

Internet Computer (ICP) logs revenge recovery after crashing 95% since launch — cointelegraph — 28 June 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: A Swiss initiative to redo the Internet: crypto scepticism abounds (LINK)

International

Swiss court jails Liberian commander for 20 years in war crimes case court jails Liberian commander in war crimes case — swissinfo — 18 June 2021 (LINK)

"No mitigating circumstances were taken into account in the sentencing. A deportation from Switzerland was also ordered for a period of 15 years," the said. Kosiah was also ordered to pay compensation to seven plaintiffs. Human Rights Watch called the sentencing a "landmark".

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Jungle Jabbah, Alieu Kosiah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)

Digital nomads

The best countries for digital nomads: Iceland, Estonia, Barbados, Croatia, Costa Rica — regus — 9 August 2021 (LINK)

Hit by coronavirus, Philippine beach resorts target local long-stay tourists, digital nomads — scmp — 28 February 2021

"There is even a new online booking platform for resorts offering monthly packages that will allow guests to continue working while at the beach."

My 10 Favorite Digital Nomad Bases — medium — 18 Jan 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Digital nomads, Caribbean revolutionaries and making the best of lockdown through NBN (LINK)

WTO

Incoming WTO head warns 'vaccine nationalism' could slow pandemic recovery — reuters — 16 February 2021 (LINK)

GLOBAL INSIGHTS GENEVA piece: Pan(dem)ic policies: what WTO can do (LINK)

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