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Guyana: The school where indigenous youth learn about their land
The Youth Learning Centre is not your average school. Surrounded by savanna, rainforest and mountains, classes focus on agriculture, natural resource management, forestry and indigenous language.
The view from the bottleneck: Is nature poised for a big comeback?
A new theory, from bottleneck to breakthrough, posits that urbanization, falling fertility and the end of extreme poverty could result in a much greener world than the one we inherited.
Agroforestry empowers Morocco's mountain women
Morocco's mountain people have grown olive trees since ancient times, but unstable weather due to climate change has recently placed that heritage in jeopardy.
Agreement bans commercial fishing across much of the Arctic, for now
With the Arctic's melting ice cover leaving the ocean ice-free for longer periods of time, new shipping routes are opening up, paving the way for future commercial activities.
Forests and indigenous rights land $459M commitment
A group of 17 philanthropic foundations has committed nearly half a billion dollars in support of land-based solutions to climate change and the recognition of indigenous peoples' and traditional communities' collective land rights and resource management.
When it comes to carbon storage, not all mangroves are equal
Differences in carbon density among the various mangrove ecosystems come down to the soils in which they grow, researchers say.
Colombia pledges to produce deforestation-free chocolate
The government of Colombia along with the National Cocoa Federation and one of the country's largest chocolate producers has committed to ending deforestation in its cocoa supply chain by 2020.