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In Brazil 23 major food companies have signed a manifesto to stop further deforestation. But Paul Jepson and Sergio Henrique Collaco de Carvalho explain that this won’t save a huge savannah known as the Cerrado that lies in the Amazon basin. While corporate commitments are hailed by some, the reality is that real conservation happens in the offices of local government and local businesses rather than in the boardrooms of big firms.
The latest World Malaria Report sets out which countries are doing well, which not so well and why it’s so important that existing interventions are fully implemented. Tabitha Mwangi provides an overview.
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Paul Jepson, University of Oxford; Sergio Henrique Collaco de Carvalho, University of Oxford
This massive savannah needs restoration but we can't rely on food companies to do the hard work.
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Health + Medicine
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Tabitha Mwangi, Anglia Ruskin University
After an exceptional period of success in global malaria control, the progress has stalled. New strategies are needed to suit a variety of transmission patterns.
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Politics + Society
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Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Nearly two weeks after its election, Honduras still does not have a president. Clashes across the country have killed a dozen protesters, and police are now refusing to enforce a national curfew.
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Rob Ahearne, University of East London
A balance sheet of positives and negatives for Tanzania's president Magufuli is perhaps the most striking similarity with the legacy of Nyerere as the country marks another independence anniversary.
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Science + Technology
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Imogen Whittam, University of the Western Cape
A precursor to the Square Kilometre Array- the MeerKAT telescope - is being built right now and remarkable progress has been made in the last 12 months.
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Arts and Culture
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M J C Warren, University of Sheffield
Close study of the Bible confirms that it isn't just the Devil who tempts.
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