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Hugh Biggar

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ABOUT THE WRITER

Hugh Biggar has worked as a reporter for print and online publications, as a consultant for international agencies including the United Nations Development Program and the U.S. Peace Corps, and as an advisor for the Roshan Learning Center for refugees in Jakarta, Indonesia. He earned an MA in public affairs journalism from Stanford University with additional coursework at Stanford’s school for International Policy Studies.

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Benin

How Benin is tackling the climate crisis

Local and national-level responses for a climate-proof future
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The Congo Basin contains roughly a quarter of the world's peat carbon. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

Peatlands in Congo Basin opened for oil exploration

Researchers warn drilling would be catastrophic for climate and environment
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Courtesy of Safiatou Nana

Two local projects demonstrate potential – and challenges – for Africa going solar

Africa has low rates of renewable energy use, but communities are working to change that
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The otherworldly dragon blood tree is native to Socotra. Andrew Svk, Unsplash

Is it too late to save Socotra?

The remote land of the dragon blood tree faces an uncertain future
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In the north Ghanaian town of Bawku, a recent land donation from a local chief will be restored to provide food, fuel, fodder and other resources to local people. Courtesy of GLFx Bawku chapter

Land donation from Ghanaian chief leaves a legacy for the future

GLFx restoration initiative provides hope against desertification and deforestation
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More than 140 activists, team, facilitators and speakers gathered at the Eden Festival of Action in September 2021. Rory Allen, Greenpop

Artsy South African festival engages citizens in landscape restoration

In a region hard-hit by climate change, Eden Festival of Action inspires local help
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10 principles devised to guide the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

To restore degraded lands globally, organizations release shared vision guided by science
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In Africa, finance lacks for landscape restoration, despite probable returns

Here’s what experts said in two dialogues on Africa’s sustainable finance landscape
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Mangroves in Gabon's Nyonié region, south of the capital Libreville. Vigna Christian, Wikimedia Commons

Gabon’s mangroves stand among the world’s tallest but face threats

Studies show links between height and carbon storage, but development and climate change risks survival
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An abandoned ship in the Aral Sea, which has almost completely disappeared. Hélène Veilleux, Flickr

Tech stars tackle landscape restoration in the Aral Sea in innovative competition

Four winners receive funding to solve socioeconomic and environmental challenges in Central Asia
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Desert locust outbreaks can devastate crops quickly and across a wide area. David Nunn, Flickr

Locust outbreaks in the Horn of Africa are linked to the changing climate

As rainfall increases, plagues expected to rise in frequency
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Ruiz points to a fire burning in Chaparri. Courtesy of Javier Ruiz

A year later, still entrenched in the fight for Peru’s Chaparrí forests

Environmental defender Javier Ruiz Gutierrez continues battling agribusiness and criminal networks to protect a national 'lung'
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How are California’s redwood forests weathering fires and climate change?

A look at climate change in the California Floristic Province
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West Kalimantan tropical forest

What to think of California’s new Tropical Forest Standard

In its latest move as a global climate leader, the state directs new ‘low-carb’ standards at forests
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