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Gloria Pallares

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ABOUT THE WRITER

Gloria Pallares is a journalist reporting on global development and the environment from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including El Pais, CNN and Forbes. As part of her scientific background, Gloria conducted research on agroforestry and land use in Kenya in collaboration with CGIAR. She holds a BSc in Journalism, an MSc in Biology by Swedish SLU and a BSc in Biotechnology.

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Venice crowds

Can tourism be sustainable?

International tourism is booming like never before. What could that mean for the planet – and is sustainable tourism possible?

 
Alstom X'Trapolis train

Tren Maya: The good, the bad and the ugly of Mexico’s megaproject

As Mexico’s Tren Maya nears completion, locals are hopeful about a tourist boom – but worried about its impacts on water and ecosystems.

 

Model Forests: A united front for sustainable landscapes

Model Forests are neutral forums where diverse people and groups can have a say in the governance of forest-based landscapes and watersheds.

 

What’s happening with deforestation in the Amazon?

Deforestation is plummeting in the Amazon rainforest – not only in Brazil, but also in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Here’s why.

 
Steak

7 things you should know about the meat industry

Industrial meat production spreads disease, drives antimicrobial resistance and contributes to climate change. Here’s how to change that.

 

What are seed banks, and how do they work?

Seed banks are the last line of defense for our food systems in the face of climate change. Here’s all you need to know about them.

 

5 things you need to know about regenerative agriculture

In this guide, find out all you need to know about regenerative agriculture: what it is, how it works and why it’s so important

 

3 tech startups transforming how people produce and consume

Meet these three climate tech startups creating climate solutions in the agriculture, energy, and packaging sectors

 

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: a Q&A with Musonda Mumba

A Q&A with Zambian-born environmentalist and Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, Musonda Mumba

 
Women transport acacia seedlings, a valuable and multiuse tree species, in the Congo. Fiston Wasanga, CIFOR

“The world needs a new economic system that is powered by nature”

Q&A with European Forest Institute director Marc Palahí on the bioeconomy movement, sustainability and how forests can help achieve this

 
Crocodile being sold in a market in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

‘No wildmeat in cities,’ says a new campaign in the Congo Basin

CIFOR wildlife management expert Nathalie van Vliet speaks on the perils of wildmeat in urban markets.

 
Luxembourg, the world's 20th-smallest country, is regarded as a international leader in sustainable finance. Shirota Yuri, Unsplash

Luxembourg launches a strategy to boost sustainable finance

The Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) will promote investment solutions for a global economic transition.

 
The Great Green Wall, which began in 2007, is envisioned as a band of vegetation running from Senegal to Djibouti. Courtesy of UNCCD

Newly seeded with $14 billion, Africa’s Great Green Wall to see quicker growth

Funds for the Sahel's Great Green Wall barrier against desertification renew hope that it will be completed by its 2030 goal.

 
A child wears a mask to protect herself from dangerous emissions from forest fires in Indonesia. Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR

COVID lockdowns inconsequential for temperatures as global warming on track to rise above 3 degrees

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Radiolaria, one of the known forms of zooplankton that dates back to the Cambrian period, are found on the ocean floor. Picturepest, Flickr

The most important facts we don’t know about the ocean

It’s still unclear what the ocean floor looks like, or how marine species adapt to changes. The U.N. Decade of Ocean Science could answer these questions.

 

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