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As COVID-19 decimates Thailand’s tourism industry, a new scheme is recruiting laid-off boat operators to clean up Koh Tao.
In this news roundup: Banks harming biodiversity, farms fueling COVID mutations, and why the Pfizer vaccine means little to the Global South
Farmers step up to the challenge of accelerating the digitalization of global food systems amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
A conversation with Carlos Rodriguez of Tropenbos Colombia about the country's resguardos and the Indigenous communities they contain
A conversation with Rudi van Kanten of Tropenbos Suriname about the country's community forests as well as their benefits and management
Social enterprise African Clean Energy combines solar power with cooking devices to deliver clean energy to off-the-grid communities.
For more on this topic, join the session Going to Scale with Smart Investments in Community Food Production and Health Initiatives: A Response to Fiji’s Health Crisis at the GLF Bonn 2020 digital conference on 4 June. By Jana Dietershagen and Judith Ann Francis, Innov4AgPacific Team, CTA, The Netherlands The current climate and COVID-19 crises […]
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental sustainability. Environmental, Social and Governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock’s CEO sent an open letter to industry leaders about the future of the planet and the […]
Top 10 stories on initiatives working behind the scenes to build and sustain livelihoods in harmony with nature.
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pockets of food insecurity. These can appear and develop for many reasons. And in some cases, simple nature-based solutions can make a significant difference to people’s lives. Vihiga County, western Kenya—one of the most densely populated of the country’s 47 counties with an average household farm size of 0.4 […]
On the International Day of the Girl Child, here’s why better childhoods mean better futures, for girls and for the world.
To change the harmful industry, consume less, support small artisans, speakers say
GAIN’s executive director looks past feeding the world to nourishing it
As part of the Bonn Challenge, some 40 countries, sub-national jurisdictions, and non-governmental entities have pledged to restore forest landscapes.