Latin America
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In Colombia, shifting stereotypes through learning exchange
At a five-day ‘learning route’ event for rural entrepreneurs in Colombia, poultry association leader Sandra Paola Sequeda shared the significance…
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Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes finally on conservation agendas
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) guides actions worldwide to preserve and protect nature – and its essential services to…
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Brazil mulls deforestation patterns as Lula government launches new action plan
Brazil’s policy makers are turning to scientists to help pinpoint deforestation trends in the Amazon region over the past decade…
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How transport infrastructure is influencing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
Recent studies estimate that nearly two million hectares of primary forests in the Peruvian Amazon have been deforested in the…
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Leading women in sustainable wildlife management: Meet Guyana’s ecotourism entrepreneurs
With its rolling savannahs, breathtaking mountains, therapeutic waterfalls, and rich biodiversity, Guyana’s Rupununi is one of the country’s most sought-after…
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From sustainable forest management to restoration
Two years ago, COVID was keeping us all in our houses, and I had time to think. Perhaps that’s what…
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Measuring impact to improve conservation results
As the second most heavily forested Amazonian country, Peru has attracted a steady stream of programmes aimed at reducing greenhouse…
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Leading women in sustainable wildlife management: Meet Lorrie Thomas
Waking at 3 am to monitor the beaches and paddling with her husband for water lilies and duckweed – favourite…
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Why context is critical when it comes to deforestation
When choosing how to reduce deforestation, decision makers face a wide set of policy options: do we increase enforcement and…
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Bringing science to public policy on REDD+
Government officials who make public policy increasingly seek to base their decisions on scientific evidence — but the information they…
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Toucans, tapir and tortoises: Revealing the biological riches of southern Guyana
“In the hushed pre-dawn darkness, the first sounds of daylight begin to filter through the forest understory. As the trees…
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New tools and knowledge for monitoring peatlands in Peru
Peruvian peatlands play a major role as immense carbon reservoirs. As such, actions for their conservation, sustainable management and restoration…
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Doing better than ‘Do no harm’
The climate crisis is leading to greater interest from countries and companies in forest-based solutions, such as the framework for…
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Empowering women through sustainable wildlife management: Flora Gomes’ story
In the Rupununi Region of southwest Guyana, 59-year-old Flora Gomes is becoming a renowned poultry farmer – with important implications…
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Agroforestry and restoration in the spotlight at Amazonian farmers’ workshop, Brazil
Ecological restoration, agroforestry systems, and carbon storage were in focus during a workshop with family farmers and local leaders in…
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