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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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Scientific estimates say that standard polyethylene can take 500 years to photodegrade (meaning they degrade when exposed to UV light, as they cannot biodegrade). Conservative estimates go up to 1,000 years for such plastic pollution to disappear. Ars Electronica, Flickr

Bagging it: what’s working in the fight against plastic pollution

Which bans, fines and alternatives are successfully curbing plastic bag use in efforts to fight global plastic pollution.

 
Forest elephants in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Prashanth Raghavan, Flickr

The carbon sequestration powers of the near-extinct forest elephant

The extinction of the forest elephant in Central Africa would prevent 3 billion tons of carbon from being stored in forests.

 
Acacia trees being planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

To adapt to climate change are vulnerable countries getting the money they need?

New reports break down what type of finance vulnerable countries are receiving, finding that not enough is going toward adaptive measures.

 
Gliricidia sepium

How evergreen agriculture could feed the world

Global Evergreening Alliance CEO Christopher Armitage on how agroforestry can both feed a growing population and restore the planet’s degraded landscapes.

 
Amiens, France, has been named a Ramsar Wetland Cities for its commitment to protecting the waterways that have earned it the nickname "Venice of the North." Rien Honnef, Flickr

Urban wetlands: Now coming to a city near you

From flood protection to drinking water, wetlands provide a wide variety of ecosystem services to cities around the world.

 
Cyprus trees at sunset in the Everglades. G.Gardner, NPSphoto

The Everglades, forever more

In southern Florida, the Everglades ecosystem is grounds for one of history’s most ambitious restoration projects. Here's its story.

 
Drones are increasingly becoming an alternative to satellites for remote sensing mapping landscapes, as well as tool for monitoring and seed-planting. Courtesy of OpenForests

The take-off of the drone in conservation

Drone technology is being increasingly used to detect illegal poaching and logging, calculate carbon storage and even plant seeds from the air.

 
Reforestation in White Pines Nature Preserve, North Carolina, U.S.

What’s the right carbon price for reforestation?

A recent study looks at how the price of carbon can be a crucial tool for encouraging reforestation – and remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere.

 
Nutrition survey, DR Congo

Growing a green, healthy rice bowl

New methods of growing rice can increase yields by up to 200 percent, while reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Landscape restoration: Is it working?

Scientists challenge the Bonn Challenge; its creator responds

 

No peace without a piece of the land

Mike Mora discusses challenges of land reform in Colombia

 

In Petén, Guatemala, community forestry is viable business

Increases in incomes, assets and education; decreases in deforestation

 

New U.N. environmental report a wake-up call for health officials

Sixth Global Environment Outlook makes a health case for policy change

 

Study finds access to nature in childhood helps mental health

A reason to protect urban green spaces

 

A textual digest of U.N. resolution for restoration

10-point summary of the official adopted document

 

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