Augusta Dwyer

ABOUT THE WRITER

Augusta Dwyer is a freelance writer based in Toronto and the author of four books including "Into the Amazon: The Struggle for the Rainforest" and "Broke but Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and Their Radical Solutions to Poverty." She has written for a wide variety of Canadian media and was awarded a Science in Society Award by the Canadian Science Writers Association in 1998.

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Indigenous communities receive less than 1% of climate mitigation aid, report finds

24 Jun 2021

Of USD 30 billion, negligible amounts reach caretakers of nearly half the world’s non-Antarctic land

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Amazonian deforestation could cost Brazilian agribusiness hundreds of billions by 2050

16 Jun 2021

New study links tree loss to rainfall patterns, and effects on soy and cattle

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What the documentation of 1.8 billion trees in West Africa means for climate change adaptation

20 May 2021

In dryland and desert regions, AI has helped spot abundant tree growth that can support local lives and carbon stocks

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The first mangrove forest with full carbon calculation enters the carbon market

17 May 2021

“Blue” carbon credits come bluest in Colombia’s Cispata mangroves

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A boom in satellite technology is revolutionizing the way we see the Earth

19 Apr 2021

And the data is opening new doors for landscape management and restoration

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Tristan da Cunha becomes leader in ocean conservation

7 Apr 2021

A largely unknown archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic to host the fourth-largest marine protected area

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Which landscapes should we restore first?

10 Feb 2021

Scientists map and compare all of Earth’s landscapes to locate priority restoration areas

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From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio

7 Jan 2021

New agricultural techniques are growing one of the world’s most ancient cereal crops into a solution to hunger – and...

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Drones, dogs, ‘cocoons’ – it’s a new age for tree planting

23 Sep 2020

A look at the technologies changing the way tree seeds are planted

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Preventing future pandemics could depend on sustainable food

10 Aug 2020

A new report assesses the main drivers of zoonoses

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A library for understanding the soils of the world

29 Jun 2020

New soil spectral library addresses global food supply through advanced soil analysis

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Progress is being made on building sustainable landscapes, but how to measure it?

24 Jun 2020

Gender equity and land tenure – and comprehensive data – are key

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Ways COVID-19 could lead to less hunger in Africa

27 May 2020

New report looks at the pandemic’s effects on hunger and nutrition on the continent

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The forward movement of organic growth

21 Apr 2020

It has taken a century to establish the organics sector. Where does it need to go now?

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Bagging it: what’s working in the fight against plastic pollution

25 Mar 2020

Which bans, fines and alternatives are successfully curbing plastic bag use

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