DW Global 3000

In Guinea, one woman is trying to stop the horrific practice of female genital mutilation.

Over 150 million boys and girls worldwide are involved in child labor.

More and more young people are demanding their governments do more to combat climate change.

Over 300,000 women in Peru were forcibly sterilized in the late 1990s.

Refugees return home to Rwanda 25 years after the genocide.

Two decades ago there were no Southern White rhinoceros left in Uganda.

What is the future of cities? Global 3000 went to London, where already high rents continue to rise.

How US sanctions are affecting Iranians; the human costs of exploiting mineral resources in Peru and why declining bee populations in Mexico are jeopardizing vanilla production.

On this week's show: Animals and humans under threat from Amazon deforestation.

Displacement is the focus of this week's Global 3000.

According to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction due to environmental destruction, poaching and also the illegal wildlife trade.

Awareness is growing of the importance of dealing responsibly with our planet's resources.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has been divesting from oil, coal and gas companies.

People in industrial countries and, increasingly, in the emerging economies are subjected to constant temptation from consumer goods.

An orchestra plays classical music the DRC. Farmers in Colombia hope to earn a living growing marijuana, legally.

Online activists often face abuse and even death threats.

Over 150 million boys and girls worldwide are involved in child labor.

Toxic masculinity in Montana; a floating vocational school on the Amazon; resistance to gentrification in Cape Town.

The CITES World Wildlife Conference will begin on August 17 in Geneva.

It's a beautiful world - and it keeps getting better for humanity.

The sick and the elderly are among the most vulnerable people in society.

How many people can the planet support? Global 3000 considers the social and environmental impact of population growth.

Limits are there to be broken!

Climate change is mobilizing people in more ways than one.

Blue-collar workers are paying the price for China's economic growth and technological progress; a South African entrepreneur is boosting inclusion for wheelchair-users.

The descendants of Africans who were enslaved and brought to the US return to their ancestors' continent.

Displacement is the focus of this week's Global 3000.

Homosexuals face the death penalty in 11 countries worldwide.

Home alone - Japan's growing numbers of modern-day hermits, the so-called "hikikomori".

Brazil remains one of the world's deadliest places for women.

Harassment and sexual violence are commonplace for many women around the world.

Sweden is banking on renewable energy and a tax on carbon dioxide in the fight against climate change.

A young woman in Gaza wants to live a free, self-determined life.

The icy wastes of Antarctica are not completely devoid of human life.

Global 3000 looks at how people around the world are responding to climate change.

It's a beautiful world - and it keeps getting better for humanity.

Social media fashion influencers set the trends for young, affluent Chinese.

Global 3000's new Social Justice series turns the spotlight on the work world in Asia and Europe.

This week: the debate in Botswana about hunting elephants.

This week: the restaurant in Marrakesh that's empowering women.

Oppose the regime in Iran and you're risking your life.

Economic mismanagement and corruption have forced millions of Venezuelans to flee the country.

A women's recycling initiative in Gambia; why so many women in Maharashtra are having hysterectomies, and an orchestra in Mexico helping underprivileged kids turn their lives around.

Is the coronavirus crisis ringing in the end of globalization? Lesotho hopes to do big business with cannabis.

Joe Houston uses fitness training to help youth in Washington DC avoid careers in crime.

The coronavirus pandemic poses existential challenges for many: Would-be parents face problems collecting babies born to surrogate mothers in Ukraine.

South Korea is bracing for a renewed spike in Covid 19 infections, and in Australia, the pandemic is hampering recovery efforts after the recent bushfire catastrophe.

Many Mexicans are in denial about the coronavirus.

Levels of homophobia in Poland appear to be growing, bolstered by the government and the Catholic Church.

The coronavirus has the world in its grips. The World Health Organization has warned that the worst is yet to come on the African continent.

Global 3000 examines the end of the protest movement in Hong Kong, everyday racism in Germany and the dwindling oases of Morocco.

Women in Sudan are fighting for their rights harder than ever, and getting results.

In northern Thailand an animal welfare activist rescues mistreated work elephants.

The Nigerian mafia is on the rise in Europe; in China home schooling is dictated by the government; a jungle school for orangutans takes a coronavirus break.

COVID-19 has silenced the samba in Brazil, leaving many musicians in need.

Climate change as a catalyst of conflict - a photography project documents the devastating impact global warming has had on the Sahel region.

Schools across the world are shut because of the pandemic.

The coronavirus is driving New Yorkers out of the city; Beirut's art community struggles to survive; the dirty legacy of US forces in Germany.

In our Work Places series we meet children in India who slave away in mines, extracting the coveted mineral mica.

Help for children injured in the Syrian war; deforestation is impacting water levels in the Panama Canal; and Singapore turns to urban agriculture.

China appears to be focusing on economic growth at the expense of climate protection.

In the early days of the pandemic it was often said that we are all in this together, however rich or poor, privileged or marginalized.

Photographer Enri Canaj takes pictures of refugees in Greece.

In New Zealand, sheep farmers are being blamed for climate change.

In Bali, two different worlds meet. While locals are struggling to cope with the loss of tourism income, western digital nomads are having an easier time on the Indonesian island.

A tourist island without visitors: Majorca one year after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

People everywhere want to live in cities. About two thirds of the global population are expected to live in urban areas by 2050.

In the early days of the pandemic it was often said that we are all in this together, howeverrich or poor, privileged or marginalized.

A booming construction industry is leading to the depletion of the world's sand stores.

4,000 peoples, 7,000 languages. We humans are a diverse bunch.

The port city of Beira in Mozambique suffered widespread damage and catastrophic flooding when Cyclone Idai hit two years ago.

China's food couriers put in long, grueling days to make ends meet.

This week on Global 3000: Vaccine skeptics in the US relying on prayer to get through the pandemic.

Jakarta is choking in smog. It makes many people in the Indonesian capital sick, especially children.

Jamaica's relaxed reggae beats are world-famous. But now, the dancehall genre has conquered the island, and it glorifies violence.

In Kazakhstan, Saiga antelope are experiencing a baby boom.

Climate change as a catalyst of conflict - a photography project documents the devastating impact global warming has had on the Sahel region.

The price of gold has risen during the pandemic and illegal gold miners are getting greedy.

California struggles to cope with a renewed heat wave and wildfires; conservation in a former no-man's-land; a pastor on Java works to conserve water resources.

This week on Global 3000: Fewer and fewer babies. Why China's society is aging.

What to do with drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippos? Electric cars are more environmentally friendly, but how should their spent batteries be disposed of? An unlikely crane sanctuary in the DMZ between North and South Korea.

US veterans react to the rapid Afghanistan troop withdrawal, migrant laborers in the Chinese city of Chongqing eke out a living as porters and indigenous peoples in Chile are fighting to protect the Araucaria Forest.

The deployment of international troops hasn't stopped the ongoing crisis in Mali, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying up in Iraq, and female truckers are social media stars in the United States.

Investors are betting on water in the US, and poaching has endangered pangolins in South Africa.

Chinese trade sanctions hurt Australian farmers. Russia holds 'Green Lessons' to promote recycling.

Alaska's indigenous peoples are fighting against climate change and the greed of the oil industry; Uruguay and its successful transition to clean energy; Australia's success in protecting crocodiles.

The port city of Beira in Mozambique suffered widespread damage and catastrophic flooding when Cyclone Idai hit two years ago.

Very few species of crop are planted around the world.

The seagrass meadows of the Maledives help to protect the islands and act as carbon sinks.

How monsoon forecasting is helping Indian farmers to boost their harvests.

Some US multimillionaires want to pay more taxes. A goalie for hire in Brazil.

Violence among Arab Israelis: What are the causes? Hated and hunted: Namibia's hyenas.