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Malawi Turns a Corner on Solving Its Deforestation Crisis
Nearly a year ago, the New York Times ran a devastating story about the deforestation crisis in Malawi and its impact on residents of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city. Illegal cutting of nearby forests was causing water shortages and disrupting the city’s hydroelectric power supply, forcing the government to deploy soldiers to protect the forests. The root of […] Continue Reading
Vanishing Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa
Kenya has a land problem. Africa itself has a land problem. The continent seems so vast and the land so open. The awesome sense of space is an inextricable part of the beauty here — the unadulterated vistas, the endless land. But in a way, that is an illusion. Population swells, climate change, soil degradation, erosion, poaching, […] Continue Reading
Growing Trees and Growing Profit: Is Your Business a “Restoration Enterprise?”
As one of our most powerful natural climate solutions, forest and landscape restoration is among the cheapest and most effective ways to store carbon and curb climate change. What’s more, expanding restoration can create enticing investment opportunities in a “restoration economy.” One hundred and fourteen governments have made commitments to restoration as part of their […] Continue Reading
Your Old Cell Phone Can Help Save the Rain Forest
Topher White spends a lot of time walking in—and thinking about—the forest, and how quickly we’re losing it. So much so that he’s gotten a black eye from being smacked by flying tree branches. But that’s just a small example of what the engineer is willing to endure to stop global deforestation. Founder of the San […] Continue Reading
Could expanding forests be the key to our climate strategy?
At the 2015 Paris climate conference, the United States and 196 other nations agreed to combat climate change by cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris Agreement recognizes that forests play an important role in meeting climate goals by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing carbon in trees and soils. But the agreement […] Continue Reading
Stretching the carbon goals: Agroforestry experts want new partnerships and a boost for research
“The contribution of trees in agriculture into the global carbon balance is still widely ignored. And if we don’t … start really blasting this message around the world, we are missing one of the biggest opportunities that this institution has had for many, many years.” This is how Dennis Garrity, UN’s Drylands Ambassador and former Director […] Continue Reading