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Although they play a key role in the economy and their work is very important for the environment, Morocco’s waste recyclers are an unloved lot, stigmatised for the uncleanliness of their work and the nature of their homes.
Bénédicte Florin and Mustapha Azaitraoui tell the story of their lives and work, illustrated with photographs by Pascal Garret.
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A wastepicker working in the streets of Casablanca. (Photo Pascal Garret, July 2013)
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Bénédicte Florin, Université François-Rabelais de Tours; Mustapha Azaitraoui, Université Hassan Ier
Despite being outcasts in Moroccan society, waste collectors defend their profession as protectors of the environment.
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Politics + Society
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Rosemarijn Hofte, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Oil-dependent and led by a charismatic dictator with a chaotic economic policy, is Suriname the next Venezuela?
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Business + Economy
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Stella Morgana, Leiden University
Tehran is fostering a start-up industry as a possible motor to solve Iran's unemployment crisis.
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Environment + Energy
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Bill Laurance, James Cook University
Legislation designed to protect wildlife is being rolled back or ignored in all sorts of ways in all sorts of places, according to a new global database of attacks on green tape.
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Health + Medicine
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Thumbi Mwangi, Washington State University
Governments in anthrax endemic countries should build efficient surveillance systems that incorporate detection, confirmation and efficient data collation and feedback.
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