The idea is simple enough: to harness the power of big data for the betterment of law enforcement.

In part two of our look at forests and the future we talk with Jenny Springer, Director of Global Programs at the Washington-based Rights and Resources Initiative. Her organisation is focussed on ensuring the rights of indigenous forest dwellers to retain their livelihoods.

It’s called REDD – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. And with a name like that it could only ever have been a creation of the United Nations.

Sometimes in order to progress, we need to shake things up a bit, re-work our arguments or turn orthodoxies on their head.

There’s good news and bad news in the world of archaeology.

In part two of our look at online comments and cyber civility (or the lack there of) we hear from two leading media industry practitioners:

It's a "wicked" problem, says social technologist Suw Charman-Anderson. That is, the lack of civility online when people leave comments.

We make many things out of glass: window-panes, bottles, fish-tanks and even roads – yes, roads!

Our social media platforms encourage us to opinionate, to share, to show and to engage - but rarely do they encourage us to listen.

New research from the University of Sydney Business School looks at why established industries are so ineffective at dealing with digital disruptors like Uber, Airbnb and iTunes.