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Augusta Dwyer

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ABOUT THE WRITER

Augusta Dwyer is a freelance writer based in Toronto and the author of four books including “Into the Amazon: The Struggle for the Rainforest” and “Broke but Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and Their Radical Solutions to Poverty.” She has written for a wide variety of Canadian media and was awarded a Science in Society Award by the Canadian Science Writers Association in 1998.

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Lago Agrio, Nueva Loja, Ecuador

Fast facts: the Amazon biome

The Amazon biome is home to up to 30% of the world’s known species. Here’s all you need to know about the world’s most diverse ecosystem.

 
An Indigenous farmer, Maria, tends to her crop of potatoes in Brazil. World Bank Photo Collection

Indigenous communities receive less than 1% of climate mitigation aid, report finds

Of USD 30 billion, negligible amounts reach Indigenous communities managing nearly half the world’s non-Antarctic land, report finds.

 
Cattle ranching is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Jaime Dantas, Unsplash

Amazonian deforestation could cost Brazilian agribusiness hundreds of billions by 2050

New study links tree loss to rainfall patterns, and potentially damaging effects on the soy and cattle agribusiness sector.

 
A baobab tree grows in the Malian drylands. Martha de Jong-Lantink, Flickr

What the documentation of 1.8 billion trees in West Africa means for climate change adaptation

In arid and desert regions of West Africa, AI has helped spot abundant tree growth that can support local lives and carbon stocks.

 
The estuary at the mouth of the Sinú River, which feeds into the Bay of Cispata. Alex M C, Wikimedia Commons

The first mangrove forest with full carbon calculation enters the carbon market

“Blue” carbon credits come bluest in Colombia’s Cispata mangroves, one of the most well-preserved mangrove forests in the Caribbean.

 
A 2017 photo of NASA testing shoebox-sized spacecraft purposely built to show that CubeSat platforms could be cost-effective, reliable, and capable of gathering highly robust science. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

A boom in satellite technology is revolutionizing the way we see the Earth

A boom in satellite mapping technology is significantly changing our data on landscapes, opening new doors for conservation and restoration.

 
Tristan da Cunha, the main and namesake island of the world's most remote archipelago. Brian Gatwicke, Flickr

Tristan da Cunha becomes leader in ocean conservation

The largely unknown archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic will host the fourth-largest marine protected area.

 
The Pantanal, which holds the world's largest swath of tropical wetlands, was one of the areas identified in the study as being among the most beneficial to restore. Adaviles, Flickr

Which landscapes should we restore first?

Scientists map and compare all of Earth’s landscapes to locate priority ecosystems and regions to restore, to receive greatest benefits.

 
A illustration of fonio seeds. Jacopo Werther, Wikimedia Commons

From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio

New agricultural techniques are growing one of the world’s most ancient cereal crops, fonio, into a solution to hunger – and a food trend

 
Women carrying acacia seedlings to be planted. Fiston Wasanga, CIFOR

Drones, dogs, ‘cocoons’ – it’s a new age for tree planting

How to plant trees using methods other than your hands? From drones to dogs to ‘cocoons,’ there are many ways to get seeds into the ground.

 
Palm nut fruits harvested from a sustainable farm in Jambi, Indonesia. Agriculture is linked in many ways to the risks of future pandemics.Tri Saputro, Flickr

Preventing future pandemics could depend on sustainable food

A new report assesses the main drivers of zooneses and how the knock-on effects of unstainable food systems can lead to future pandemics.

 
A smallholder's garden soil in Burkina Faso. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

A library for understanding the soils of the world

New soil 'library' uses spectroscopy technology to address the global food supply through advanced soil analysis.

 
From citizen science to satellite imagery, gathering accurate data on the states of landscapes is crucial for addressing climate change. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Progress is being made on building sustainable landscapes, but how to measure it?

Gender equity and land tenure are key to achieving sustainable landscapes, as is comprehensive and quality data for tracking what's happening.

 
A woman cleans maize, a staple food crop in Ghana. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Ways COVID-19 could lead to less hunger in Africa

New report looks at the pandemic’s effects on nutrition and hunger in Africa, and how lessons learned could lead to a better-fed future.

 
organic onion bulbs

The forward movement of organic and agroecological farming

It’s taken a century to establish the organic foods sector. Now, as climate change increasingly threatens food sources, what role must organics play?

 

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