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West Kalimantan tropical forest

What to think of California’s new Tropical Forest Standard

Tropical forests are vital to limiting global warming – and California's controversial Tropical Forest Standard aims at keeping them in place.

 
In this oil spill in Brazil, estimations of the amount of crude oil that has landed on the country's northeast shores reach 100 tons. Courtesy of Esther Muniz

Footprints in the sand: A mysterious oil spill in Brazil threatens livelihoods

The fisherpeople of Bahia state’s last intact mangrove forest are facing the cleanup of an origin-unknown oil spill in Brazil alone.

 
The blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Ocean health will be in focus at the upcoming COP in Madrid. Thomas Shahan, Flickr

Ahead of the ‘Blue COP’ in Madrid, progress made on oceans in Oslo

Before COP25, being referred to as the 'Blue COP' for its emphasis on oceans, delegates addressed the big blue elephant in the room at Our Ocean 2019.

 
Bamboo is fast-growing, flexible and has a tensile strength greater than mild steel. Courtesy of Bernice Dapaah

In Africa, bamboo bicycles are shifting gears for women in the workforce

Ghanaian entrepreneur Bernice Dapaah on how to build bamboo bicycles, which are proving sustainable, equitable sets of wheels.

 
As the world's last remaining grand duchy, Luxembourg has one of the highest rates of GDP per capita. Alfonso Jimenez, Flickr

Luxembourg’s environment minister on the tiny country’s outsize goals

Carole Dieschbourg tells how the world’s 20th-smallest country is becoming a climate leader through energy-system transformation and sustainable finance.

 
The UNFCCC Climate Change conference, known as COP 25, will be held in Madrid. Michael Hirst, Flickr

Meatless meat, the next oil glut and a big win for Extinction Rebellion

In this bi-weekly digest: COP 25 moves to Madrid, Italy teaches climate change to kids, and why the Paris agreement pledges aren’t enough.

 
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

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development presents a business case for governments to protect biodiversity through taxes.

 
Diolo Celine plants Gnetum (okok) in a village in Cameroon. The GLF Accra focused on the importance of integrating agriculture and restoration. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Integrating the many meanings of restoration, big and small

Linking local and global restoration efforts at day two of the Global Landscapes Forum Accra

 
A native mago tree in northern Ghana. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

From Indigenous apps to arts festivals, the many ways Africa is restoring itself

The Global Landscapes Forum in Accra, Ghana, on 29-30 October 2019 focused on local African restoration initiatives across the continent.

 
Kenya's Southwest Mau Forest, the conservation and restoration of which is crucial for the water supply of East Africa. Patrick Sheperd, CIFOR

AFR100: Restoring the future of Africa

Here's what happened at the fourth annual partnership meeting of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) held in Accra, Ghana.

 
Kennedy Kirui, co-founder of Kenya-based design-thinking firm Tanasuk Africa.

“What Silicon Valley does usually doesn’t work here”

Product designer Kennedy Kirui gives the lowdown on Africa’s burgeoning tech scene and how to use design thinking to achieve sustainable development.

 
A professional farmer shows Indigenous seeds in Kenya. Patrick Shepherd, CIFOR

Kenya’s top young agriculturist on the future of professional farming

Kenya's 27-year-old "Mister Agriculture" on why new seasons require new technologies, and getting youth involved in professional farming.

 
"Proof of love," Kenya, 2014. Photo © 2019 Laurent Baheux. All rights reserved.

Photographer Laurent Baheux on his intimate ode to the African lion

17 years of footage from wildlife photographer Laurent Baheux show the "king of animals" in its native – and disappearing – habitat.

 
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.

 

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