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The strategy for the upcoming U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration defines ecosystem restoration as "a wide continuum of practices and targeted

Help shape the strategy for the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

A short digest of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration's blueprint, and how to provide your feedback on the strategy in place.

 
IKEA textiles made entirely of recycled polyester. Courtesy of IKEA

What it means to be climate positive, according to IKEA

Head of climate for IKEA explains the multinational's lastest sustainability numbers and how its supply chain will capture more carbon than it emits.

 
Environmentalist, educator and environmental activist Fachruddin Mangunjaya in his office in Jakarta. Courtesy of Fachruddin Mangunjaya

“Eco-pesantren” movement takes Islamic perspective on nature conservation

Indonesian conservationist Fachruddin Mangunjaya's fusion of faith, education and nature conservation is changing Southeast Asian landscapes.

 
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.

 
A new report says that only 8.6 of the global economy is circular. Caffeinatrix, Flickr

Global resource consumption has topped 100 billion tons per year

A transition to a circular economy is necessary, but how is this achieved? A new report examines the roles and responsibilities of different countries.

 

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.

 

Nicolas Mackel on the existential nature of sustainable finance

Nicolas Mackel, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, on how to harmonize European and Chinese financial systems and the role of finance in global warming.

 
Forest elephants in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Prashanth Raghavan, Flickr

The carbon sequestration powers of the near-extinct forest elephant

The extinction of the forest elephant in Central Africa would prevent 3 billion tons of carbon from being stored in forests.

 
Twelve-year-old Ridhima Pandey, from Hardiwar, India, has risen as the leader of India's youth activists fighting for political action against climate change. Dinesh Pandey

Ridhima Pandey on the price of unchecked development

Meet 12-year-old Ridhima Pandey, the face of India’s youth movement for climate change.

 
Jessica Lucia, Flickr

Best of Landscape News 2019: Finance

2019's top Landscape News stories on sustainable finance, from explainers and glossaries to conversations with some of the world’s largest fund managers.

 
A pair of 6-week-old penguin chicks, left on their own by their parents, huddle together for warmth in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Photograph copyright Stefan Christmann

Best of Landscape News 2019: Biodiversity

From a new BBC series to a black-and-white photo esssay of African lions, here are the top 10 Landscape News stories on biodiversity from 2019.

 

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.

 

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