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Monica Evans

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ABOUT THE WRITER

Monica Evans is a writer and community development practitioner based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since completing her Masters in Development Studies in 2010, she has worked on environmental and community development projects in New Zealand, the Pacific and Latin America. She’s particularly passionate about participation, creativity and wellbeing, and has a keen interest in ecology and sustainability. She lives on New Zealand’s West Coast, where she teaches dance, grows vegetables and tends to her pet alpacas.

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Women holding tree saplings to be planted near the Daka River in Ghana. Courtesy of Tree Aid Ghana

The trees that help the Daka River flow

In northern Ghana, riverine tree-planting along the vulnerable Daka River proves how trees can nourish water-based ecosystems – and pocketbooks.

 
The gilled mushroom genus Pleurotus is known also as oyster, abalone or tree mushrooms. Suzie's Farm, Flickr

Meet the oyster mushroom producer changing urban Ghanaian diets

Afriyie Obeng-Fosu on why the oyster mushroom is great for cities and how entrepreneurs can turn industrial waste into profit.

 
Burning is used as land-clearing method for agriculture near Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

How much should we worry about the Congo Basin fires?

Experts weigh in on what the satellite imagery and red alerts for burning in Central Africa actually mean for the world’s ‘second green lung.’

 
Fires burning in Central Kalimantan, a province in Indonesian Borneo. Sumarni Laman

How Indigenous youth are fighting the Indonesian fires

In Indonesian Borneo, young people are taking action on the raging peatland fires by providing safe shelter and educating locals on the air they breathe.

 
Between 22 and 27 August 2019, estimates say forest fires in Bolivia doubled. Romaneth Hidalgo

From the frontlines: Fighting Bolivia’s forest fires

A firefighter tells what’s happening in the dry forests burning in Bolivia as the flames get closer to one of the most biodiverse parts of the Amazon.

 

What should we make of the fires in the Amazon and Indonesia?

Leading forestry scientists weigh in on what’s causing the fires, what the reported numbers mean, and what we can do to prevent such crises in the future.

 

Sustainable sneakers to reduce your ecological footprint

Fish leather, carbon offsets and tree-planting initiatives are seeing these 5 sustainable sneakers brands help wearers tread more lightly on the planet.

 
Fruit grown in a backyard

How to turn your backyard into a carbon sink

Looking for ideas for your backyard? Here’s how you can replace your manicured lawn with a thriving garden ecosystem in just four steps.

 
Pōhutukawa

How ancient Māori knowledge is tackling modern plant disease

In New Zealand, myrtle rust is affecting some 50 native plant species. Scientist Nick Waipara explains how ancient Māori knowledge is helping combat it.

 
A coastal Manuka forest in New Zealand, where Māori knowledge is being used to battle plant diseases.

7 Indigenous technologies changing landscapes

From seed saving to non-linear conceptions of time, ancient Indigenous knowledge continues to transform landscapes and livelihoods today.

 
Kākerōri

Searching for the rare kākerōri bird in the Cook Islands

Landscape News goes birdwatching around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, courtesy of veteran local conservation expert Ian Karika.

 

Peatlands on permafrost

The unsung ecosystems helping keep the Arctic cool

 

Mountains of the apes

Saving charismatic species and their landscapes

 

Ghanaian star Joselyn Dumas tackles taboos and children’s rights

In between TV shows, campaigning for social and environmental justice

 

In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?

Lessons for International Day for Biological Diversity

 

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