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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A powerful way to restore degraded forests is to let them heal themselves – but it takes time
ShareA critical exploration of the different ways to reforest the Earth
ShareIn Africa, “colonial conservation” has become a human rights issue
ShareA lawyer speaks on the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
ShareNew website makes financial instruments easily navigable
ShareLearnings from how Indigenous communities have sustainably managed the biome for centuries
ShareActivist and leader Selma Dealdina shares injustices against Brazil’s Afro-descendants
ShareIt’s not just money that banks can put toward conservation, but policy support too, new report finds
ShareA quick rundown on one of our planet’s most critical ecosystems
ShareOf USD 30 billion, negligible amounts reach caretakers of nearly half the world’s non-Antarctic land
ShareNew study links tree loss to rainfall patterns, and effects on soy and cattle
ShareIn dryland and desert regions, AI has helped spot abundant tree growth that can support local lives and carbon stocks
Share“Blue” carbon credits come bluest in Colombia’s Cispatá mangroves
ShareAnd the data is opening new doors for landscape management and restoration
ShareA largely unknown archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic to host the fourth-largest marine protected area
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