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A 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle, which causes COVID-19. NIH/NIAID

8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change

Coronavirus is causing carbon emissions to fall temporarily, but it could mark the start of longer-term changes needed to avert catastrophic climate change.

 
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.

 
Women and their families present their traditional recipes at a community cook-off in Chiapas state, Mexico. Kevin Ferrara, DAI

In Mexico, Indigenous recipes are improving backyard farming

A new cookbook of Indigenous recipes in Mexico's poorest state reignites pride in tradition, native seeds and sense of place.

 
Willett's recommended diet embodied in a meal of vegetables (cauliflower), seeds and plant oils. Courtesy of Caravan

Thought for food: Walter Willett on diet for personal and planetary health

From showing diet's causality of disease to contextualizing food in climate change, nutritionist Walter Willett continues to shape global food choices.

 
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.

 

Ghanaian star Joselyn Dumas tackles taboos and children’s rights

In between TV shows, campaigning for social and environmental justice

 

Celine Cousteau’s ‘Tribes on the Edge,’ puts battle for Amazon Indigenous rights in limelight

“It’s as though Indigenous lands are being opened for business.”

 

New U.N. environmental report a wake-up call for health officials

Sixth Global Environment Outlook makes a health case for policy change

 

The Indigenous wisdom and medical properties of forest bathing

Experts discuss forest bathing’s history and health benefits in GLF Digital Summit

 

Study finds access to nature in childhood helps mental health

A reason to protect urban green spaces

 

Forests at the root of the water solution

For World Water Day, a look at nature-based solutions to achieving water for all

 

GLF digital summit: Women generating the power to energize communities

Women's voices essential to shape policy

 

African reggae star Rocky Dawuni on music’s power to drum up climate action

New album uses art's force to mobilize masses for change

 

Women and children disproportionately affected by malnutrition, report finds

What to know from the 2018 Global Nutrition Report

 

Author Marion Nestle

When it comes to food facts, Nestle tells why we shouldn’t believe what we’re told

 
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