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Sandra Cordon

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ABOUT THE WRITER

A longtime journalist in her native Canada and in her adopted home of Italy, Cordon is a contributing writer and editor with GLF and CIFOR. Cordon worked across Canada with the national news agency The Canadian Press (CP) before focusing on monetary policy as a speechwriter with The Bank of Canada. She holds degrees in political science and journalism and is at present working towards her Master’s degree in International Relations with Queen Mary University in London. 

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Globally, one in nine people suffers from hunger or malnutrition, according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food security’s large need for small doses of sustainable finance

Access to finance a challenge for scaling up smallholder projects
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Red panda

Before the giant panda, there was the red panda

Meet the adorable, elusive symbol of threatened biological diversity
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Waste not: New UN-Water report examines the potential of wastewater

Mitigating and adapting to climate change through what goes down the drain
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Fruit, vegetable and meat consumption were used to determine quality of household diet in a recent study that looked at how forests can help fight hidden hunger. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

In the tropics, forests can help fight hidden hunger

But only if carefully integrated with farms and local realities
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Acacia trees are readied to be planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food, water, economic security improved through blueprint for ecological restoration standards

Scientists create a new set of principles to help guide a decade focused on restoration
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In 2018, more than USD 44 billion was raised from carbon pricing, including carbon taxes, according to the World Bank. Trending Topics 2019, Flickr

A brief explainer on carbon markets

What are they, and how do they work?
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A butterfly in Peru. Governments should create more economic incentives to protect biodiversity, an OECD report urges. Jeffrey van Lent, CIFOR

Report makes the business case for governments to protect biodiversity

Benefits from biodiversity are more than 1.5 times global GDP
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Molly Burhans

Molly Burhans on how to reduce the separation of church and Earth

Young Champion of the Earth maps the Catholic Church’s land holdings to aid restoration
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Patagonia, Chile

Landscapes 101: Get briefed on our planet’s ecosystems

All you need to know about peatlands, rangelands and more
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South Dakota Black Hills

Fast facts: Drylands and rangelands

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems
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Old trees, such as this Ethiopian juniper dates back at least 200 years, are among the most vital for absorbing carbon dioxide. Natasha Elkington, CIFOR

U.K.-sized area of trees lost annually since landmark deforestation agreement

A five-year stocktake of the NYDF says deforestation is still rising – but not everywhere
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Peatlands, Sumatra, Indonesia

Fast facts: Peatlands

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems
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Wetlands, Kerala, India

Fast facts: Wetlands

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems
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Patagonia, Argentina

Fast facts: Mountains

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems
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Rice paddy fields

Fast facts: Agriculture

A quick rundown on our planet’s ecosystems
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