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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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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

 

Test your restoration knowledge

See how much you know about ongoing initiatives to re-green the planet

 

How can restoration help solve hunger?

Joint solutions for two challenges

 

For better farm yields in Brazil, a simple registration can help

Farmers receive new technology for proof of their land management

 

Going against the flow to clean up Native American landscapes

Janene Yazzie takes on radioactive river pollution and human rights

 

Lessons from Latin America: Cultivating corridors

Connecting forest fragments – and people – to restore landscapes

 

Lessons from Latin America: Green businesses that work

From fragrance to energy drinks

 

Felix Finkbeiner is trying for the trillion

The 21-year-old changing the planet, one tree at a time

 
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