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Tropical deforestation emitting far more carbon than previously thought: Study

John Cannon 15 Mar 2022

For fire-ravaged northern Thailand, there’s now an app to battle the blaze

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 28 Feb 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

DRC’s cacao boom leaves a bitter aftertaste for Congo Basin forest

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Feb 2022

Farmers in Brazil’s Cerrado cotton on to the benefits of agroecology

Luiz Fellipe Silva and Fellipe Abreu 4 Jan 2022

Small coffee farmers lay their chips on smart agriculture to overcome climate crisis in the Cerrado biome

Débora Pinto 29 Dec 2021

As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing

Johan Augustin 27 Dec 2021
These women, who are part of the Mam indigenous community, are harvesting pine nuts in a forest in Cajolá, Quetzaltenango, to be sold later at a local market. Our work supports reforestation efforts and helps local families sustain themselves economically. Photo credit: Sergio Izquierdo

Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Dec 2021

An Indigenous community in India’s Meghalaya state offers lessons in climate resilience

Sahana Ghosh 13 Dec 2021

To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Oct 2021

Enhancing biodiversity through the belly: Agroecology comes alive in Chile

Constanza Monterrubio Solís 30 Aug 2021

L.A.-sized tract of primary forest went up in flames in DRC province in 2020

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Aug 2021

Overcoming community-conservation conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba

Rhett A. Butler 8 Jul 2021

Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz

Rhett A. Butler 14 Apr 2021

Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 8 Feb 2021
Firewood is being used on a large scale in Kafountine at the fish smoking factories. ©Jason Florio/United Purpose.

Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests

Louise Hunt 5 Nov 2020

Deaths, arrests and protests as Philippines re-emerges from lockdown

Mongabay.com 21 May 2020

In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture

Latoya Abulu 18 May 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

Companies use COVID-19 to weaken standards, secure subsidies: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo

John Cannon 23 Jan 2020

Beehive fences can help mitigate human-elephant conflict

Hannah Thomasy 11 Sep 2019

Agriculture, mining, hunting push critically endangered gorillas to the brink

Rachel Fritts 16 Jul 2019

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

John Cannon 11 Jun 2019

Palm oil companies continue to criminalize farmers in Sumatra (commentary)

Gaurav Madan 14 Jan 2019

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: report

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2018

Fire fundamentally alters carbon dynamics in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Oct 2018

How land is stolen in Colombia

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 6 Sep 2018

Tech goes back to basics to mitigate human-wildlife conflict near Indian parks

Moushumi Basu 31 Aug 2018

Peru: Marañón dry forests protected as a regional conservation area

Vanessa Romo 20 Jul 2018

Farmer-managed natural regeneration: the fastest way to restore trees to degraded landscapes?

Cathy Watson 29 Jun 2018

Crisis in Venezuela: Caparo Experimental Station invaded by 200 farmers

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 7 May 2018

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