“Choice, not chance”: aligning action for a just agroecological future
It’s entirely possible to shore up food and nutrition security whilst boosting biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, and climate mitigation. As a…
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On trees and robots: How AI can serve climate solutions
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been top of many minds lately. It’s estimated that the sector could contribute USD…
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Q&A: What can trees tell us about environmental history and climate adaptation?
As people around the world rush to plant trees to restore degraded land, meet climate mitigation commitments, and build biodiversity,…
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What happens after conservation payments stop?
Conservation payments, commonly known as Payments for Environmental Services (PES), are a popular tool to reduce deforestation and conserve forests…
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Carbon credits from forest conservation exaggerate impact of ill-targeted REDD+ projects
Carbon credits from forest conservation have been seen as a promising tool to help mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse…
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Explainer: Five reasons why trees are a solution to the climate crisis
As the 28th UN climate conference (COP28) approaches, and countries prepare to take stock of progress in emission reduction since…
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Agroforestry and beekeeping a boon for Botswanan farmers
Agroforestry has been widely heralded as critical to making food systems more sustainable and adaptable in the context of climate…
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African scientists school up to adapt agriculture to climate change
Climate change is making it harder to grow enough nutritious food to adequately feed our planet’s population. Temperature increases, rainfall…
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Degraded Amazonian peatlands are overlooked carbon source
Peru’s Amazonian palm swamp peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but the unsustainable harvesting of palm fruit causes degradation that…
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Improving food security in DRC’s Yangambi Landscape
Gliding west for the first time through the silent waters and noisy forests of the Congo River from Kisangani to…
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What are we missing in the links between forests and health?
The connections between forests and human health are high on many minds these days. Most of us have heard about…
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Humanity now lives beyond most environmental limits on Earth, study finds
The Earth system is under unprecedented pressure from human activity and is in danger of losing the relatively stable conditions…
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