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At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family's animals. Stevie Mann, ILRI

An awakening for the world’s rangelands

Pastoralists and their ancestral lands are showing their environmental, cultural and economic value for the global future.

 
New insights on the tropical rainforests of Vanuatu are being made by scientists combining archaeological research methods, such as examining phytoliths, with modern forestry. Claire Cousergue, Flickr

What ancient teeth can reveal about the past lives of forests

Archaeological findings on prehistoric human teeth, and the phytoliths therein, prove under-examined lens into prehistoric land use.

 
A new report has found that feeds used in fish farming have negative impacts on livelihoods, oceanic fish stocks and climate change. Joseph Wu, Flickr

Why sustainable fish farming might be an impossible dream

The inconvenient truth about some fish farming is that fishmeal and fish oil industries are depleting ocean stocks to produce fish feed.

 
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

A lack of micronutrients in diets is an issue known as “hidden hunger." Forests can help this, but only if carefully integrated with local realities.

 

What are we learning from the Australian fires?

In examining the Australian fires, experts share on how Indigenous knowledge, relocation and government aid should be incorporated into fire aid globally.

 

8 books on sustainable food to inspire your diet

Whether it’s growing your own food at home, or making the most out of leftovers, these books on healthy and sustainable food have you covered.

 
A village among mangrove forests in West Papua. Mokhamad Edliadi, GLF

Best of Landscape News 2019: Livelihoods

Top 10 stories on initiatives working behind the scenes to build and sustain livelihoods in harmony with nature.

 
A taco of plant-based meat. Courtesy of Impossible Foods

Best of Landscape News 2019: Food

From developments in plant-based meat technology to Indigenous recipes, here's our 10-item menu of the best stories on sustainable food.

 

Best of Landscape News 2019: Restoration

From the adoption of a new U.N. Decade to efforts happening in local communities around the globe, here's our pick of 2019's top stories on restoration.

 
Livestock in Ethiopia. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

How to transform diets? Lower the price of protein and listen to the kids

Leading food scientist Bruce Campbell gives his views on what eating meat in the age of climate change, both scientifically and culturally.

 
A rooftop garden in New York City near a water treatment plant. Gabrielle Lipton, GLF

Wrist sensors and utilizing sewers: Louise Fresco on the future of food

One of the world’s foremost food system experts, Louise Fresco, on how technology and urban agriculture can transform the world's food supply.

 
Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

A scientific lens on gender issues at COP 25

Two scientists on why rights rather than carbon must be at the core of landscape projects

 

A ‘super-year’ in store for nature-based solutions

UNEP’s Tim Christophersen on the imminence of using nature to save it

 
An activist leads a chant at the climate strike in Madrid on 6 December 2019. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

In Madrid, the climate strike is the COP of the masses

Alongside the U.N. climate negotiations Madrid (COP 25), people take to the streets for the city's largest climate strike.

 

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