Monthly Archives: October 2013

The risks and benefits of mapping indigenous lands

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Shonil Bhagwat:
Sacred sites: A Pagan stone monument in the foreground and an Anglican church in the background at Avebury, United Kingdom. Just over two weeks ago on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9th August),…

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The New York Times redraws borders in the Arabian peninsula

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
The New York Times (via The Afternoon Map).

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“All the water on Earth”: From the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

667 per centimeter All the water on Earth. From one of my favorite places, WHOI. Update, 24th March 2014. The United States Geological Survey has a more comprehensive look at this, using in part WHOI graphics. View original post

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Pakistan’s earthquake gives birth to a new island Zalzala Koh. (or is it a mud volcano)?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

On 24 September, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Baluchistan province of northwestern Pakistan . The earthquake also gave birth to a new island off in the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) near Gwadar some 230 miles (370 km) from the … Continue reading →