ENVIRONMENT : Rivers (Gharial guardian)

As her babies prepare to hatch and call to her, a mother gharial digs into her nest to help them. The babies continue to call as they hatch. Gharials are devoted mothers. The mother gharials take turns to guard a creche of babies in the Chambal river. Includes shots of Valmik Thapar riding an elephant past the Taj Mahal.

North Africa - The Millennium Development Goals Report 2011

Northern Africa leads in tackling child health and other Millennium Development Goals But little progress is noted on gender equality - UN

North Africa - The Millennium Development Goals Report 2011

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Cairo, 7 July 2011 — Northern Africa continues to lead the world in terms of progress on many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the Millennium Development Goals Report 2011, a UN report issued today. Northern Africa is the region that recorded the greatest success in reduci...