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A lion in Kenya. Sergey Pesterev, Unsplash

Carbon-negative diamonds, lion-saving carbon markets, and – is the Amazon a GHG emitter?

China sets new climate targets, wildfire smoke is far deadlier than car exhaust and why the Amazon is now warming the planet

 
Desert locust outbreaks can devastate crops quickly and across a wide area. David Nunn, Flickr

Locust outbreaks in the Horn of Africa are linked to the changing climate

As rainfall increases due to climate change, locust outbreaks are also expected to rise in frequency, devouring crops in the Horn of Africa.

 

Energy from oranges, Bitcoin mining and how the Amazon is sold on Facebook

In this news roundup: Yemen on the brink of mass famine, Atlantic circulation weakest in 1,600 years and how Bitcoin threatens the climate

 

Elizabeth Mrema’s visions for a new era for nature and women

As International Women’s Day nears, the head of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) shares envisions a new era for nature and women.

 
A visualization of carbon being added to the air by humans. Carbon visuals, Flickr

“Wartime” investment in carbon capture must start now, researchers say

What could wartime levels of emergency funding for carbon capture buy us in the fight against global warming - our "third world war"?

 
An aerial view of the village of Nalma, Nepal. Mokhamad Edliadi, CIFOR

New maps of global forest carbon flux offer fresh insights for action

Scientists have created a global series of forest carbon flux maps, which can allow policymakers to better select forests for protection.

 
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5 books to raise your climate consciousness in 2021

Read up on this selection of books written by some of the greatest environmental writers to gain insight toward saving our climate.

 
Four hippos cooling off in water. Wade Lambert, Unsplash

Invasive hippos, Berlin’s timber tower and techno birdsong beats

Luxembourg unveils sustainable finance plan, scientists call for Colombia hippo cull and DJs mash birdsong with techno beats

 
An FAO training has been a turning point in Rita’s shea business. Now she is an advocate and employer of other rural women, promoting sustainable livelihoods that can offset deforestation in her region. Clifford Amoah Adagenera, KANBAOCU

How shea products are boosting Ghanaian women’s livelihoods

Sustainable products, such as shea butter, offer women a promising income and a viable alternative to felling trees for their livelihoods

 
Doughnut economics are so-named for the circular shape of a sustainable economic model. Edgar Chaparro, Unsplash

The economics of biodiversity, vaccines, Africa’s great wall… and “the doughnut”

The Amazon is turning into a carbon source, US suspends oil and gas leasing, and why an Arctic town is bidding for the 2032 Summer Olympics

 
Photo courtesy of the UN Environment Programme

Remembrance Forests in Brazil: 200,000 trees for 200,000 COVID-19 victims

Under the dual crises of COVID-19 and record deforestation, some in Brazil are planting trees in the memory of loved ones they have lost

 

Vaccine apartheid, “Neptune Balls” and a new dawn for U.S. climate policy

In this news roundup: US rejoins Paris Agreement, carbon capture goes mainstream, and how AI is counting trees in the Sahara.

 
A visitor's silhouette in front of artist Olafur Eliasson's work "The Weather Project," an art installation that warns of the effects of global warming. Rory Hyde, Flickr

2020 and 2016 in hot competition! Plus: Veganuary, and the costliest climate disasters ever

In this news roundup: 500,000 go vegan for January, microplastics found in unborn babies, and why organic meat won’t solve the climate crisis

 
A sustainability-certified sawmill in Jepara, Indonesia. Deanna Ramsay, CIFOR

COVID-19 brings good news and bad for sustainable wood production

Despite the challenges that COVID-19 brings to sustainable wood production, the industry may use this opporunity to adopt better practices

 

Best of Landscape News 2020: Food and Livelihoods

Our pick of this year’s top stories

 

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