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Araucarias grow in Argentina. Mariano Mantel, Flickr

Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees

Mapping the few remaining habitats of the Araucariaceae tree family, whose species have survived more than 200 million years.

 
Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 
Lee Coursey, Flickr

The fractal nature of almost all things

Understanding nature’s fractals, the patterns the underpin everything from the distribution of galaxies to resilient ecosystems to the human heartbeat.

 
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.

 
Vegetation in the Sahel region is composed of mainly stunted and scattered trees, shrubs, bushes and grasses. Daniel Tiveau, Flickr

Why trees could bring water back to the Sahel

Here stands the Great Green Wall: Part 2

 
Children in Africa. Daniel Tiveau, CIFOR

Will the Great Green Wall’s architecture support its future?

Part three of a Landscape News series on the Great Green Wall focuses on the future of the restoration initiative that could change the landscape of Africa.

 
A lone tree stands in the Sahara, whose encroachment on the Sahel has led to the desertification of lands and inspired the Great Green Wall. orientalizing, Flickr

Here stands the Great Green Wall

An in-depth look at the progress and holdbacks of Africa's Great Green Wall, one of history's most ambitious restoration efforts.

 
New methods for using fire to clear land in Ghana are explained. Melle Meivogei, Form Ghana

In Ghana, reasons for updating – not outlawing – controlled burning

Responsible use of fire to clear land, known as controlled burning, incentivizes farmers keep forests in-tact while profiting from their lands.

 
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez: “This crisis is one of the most unifying moments of human history”

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez on his values, the interplay between music and activism, and how to maintain hope in the climate crisis.

 
Pōhutukawa

How ancient Māori knowledge is tackling modern plant disease

In New Zealand, myrtle rust is affecting some 50 native plant species. Scientist Nick Waipara explains how ancient Māori knowledge is helping combat it.

 
Villagers test app to prevent illegal logging

Tackling logging in Cambodia? There’s an app for that

In the ‘Serengeti of Southeast Asia’, the Prey Lang smartphone app helps Indigenous communities in Cambodia expose and record illegal logging.

 

Landscape restoration: Is it working?

Scientists challenge the Bonn Challenge; its creator responds

 

Super coral, a climate kick for football, and Iceland’s new cool

News to know in our bi-weekly digest

 

For 30 years and counting, Peg Putt gets the truth on paper

Conservation advocate dispels myths on pulp and paper industry

 

In Uzbekistan, a lowly tree afforests a lost sea

A new forest ecosystem combats the desertification of the Aral Sea basin

 

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