Climate change & energy
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Explainer: How trees help protect us from flooding
Right now, much of East Africa – including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda – and southern Brazil are awash with water.…
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Advancing Ethiopian agroforestry
In a world of increasing populations, dwindling biodiversity and growing climatic challenges, agroforestry – a multifunctional land management system that…
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New tool helps Brazil’s forest planners see into the future
A new interactive platform launched on 22nd February allows policy makers in Brazil to explore drivers of forest loss in…
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Protected: From national targets to grassroots transformation
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“Together, we can turn the tide”: protecting Indonesia’s blue carbon
With around 18,000 islands and almost 100,000 kilometres of coastline, it makes sense that the archipelagic nation of Indonesia has…
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In Ethiopia, cultivating hope through tree seed orchards
On a flight over western Addis Ababa, the Suba Forest appears as a dark green island in a brown sea…
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Making wild meat safer and more sustainable
While wildmeat consumption can be a risk to the environment and human safety, it is also a key resource for…
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How to get carbon markets right
Carbon markets have been variously lauded as a critical part of addressing the climate crisis, and criticized as empty greenwash.…
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What’s needed to make agroecology mainstream?
The transition to agroecology has gained momentum in the past few years, as its broad benefits for climate, biodiversity, and…
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Q&A: Researcher Julia Fa on reconciling wildlife and wild meat
Around the world, millions of rural and forest dwellers rely on the meat of undomesticated terrestrial animals for their nutrition…
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Beyond the bottleneck: Why seed and seedling supplies matter for restoration
As the critical role of trees in addressing the climate, biodiversity, and food crises becomes increasingly clear, many public and…
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World leaders at COP28 urged to prioritize soil health in climate plans
On World Soil Day, experts and civil society representatives at the UN Climate Summit urged world leaders to recognize the…
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Communities and evidence at the centre of Africa restoration success
Twenty percent of global land area is degraded to some extent. In Africa, it is estimated that two-thirds of productive…
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Working on sunshine: Agrivoltaics in East Africa
Solar power is emblematic of the transition to greener energy generation, and offers especially critical on- and off-grid options for…
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Protected: Indonesia: Collaboration supercharges restoration research
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