Monica Evans

ABOUT THE WRITER

Monica Evans is a writer and community development practitioner based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since completing her Masters in Development Studies in 2010, she has worked on environmental and community development projects in New Zealand, the Pacific and Latin America. She's particularly passionate about participation, creativity and wellbeing, and has a keen interest in ecology and sustainability. She lives on New Zealand's West Coast, where she teaches dance, grows vegetables and tends to her pet alpacas.

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Organic certification: what’s worthwhile, when, for producers in the Global South?

13 Jul 2021

New certification mechanisms are needed to make their costs worth the benefits

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What role should organics play in sustainable food systems?

30 Jun 2021

It’s not all-or-nothing for organics, but rather a nuanced approach

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6 guiding principles for successful restoration of tropical forest landscapes

27 Apr 2021

Top forestry organizations issue guidelines for scaled-up restoration with multiple benefits

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5 ways to incorporate biophilic design into your living spaces

16 Apr 2021

Hone your habitat by optimizing your biological connection with nature

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Everything you need to know about drylands

25 Mar 2021

The ubiquitous, un-trumpeted ecosystems that are critical to feeding the world

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New maps of global forest carbon flux offer fresh insights for action

23 Feb 2021

Bridging the gap toward the global stocktake

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Central Asia’s fruit and nut forests: the real Garden of Eden?

17 Dec 2020

Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks

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Building the business case for biodiversity

3 Nov 2020

Why investing in natural capital makes sense for people, planet (and profit!)

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Into the invisible, indispensable world of microbial biodiversity

26 Oct 2020

Zooming in on the micro-organisms that populate our internal and external ecosystems

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Cloud forests: narrow bands of biodiversity filled with mist, fog and mystery

26 Oct 2020

Life in particular altitudinal conditions that are narrowing with climate change

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Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity with nature-based solutions

19 Oct 2020

New Resilient Landscapes initiative links public and private actors to scale up efforts

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Peatland forests: the swamps and bogs where tree-planting isn’t clear-cut

28 Sep 2020

The delicate ecosystems that can mass-store carbon – but only with the right tree species

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The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of agriculture

25 Aug 2020

Welcome to the wettest savanna on Earth

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How is climate change affecting biodiversity at the poles?

24 Aug 2020

A look at the states of life in the cold

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Miombo woodlands: the vast southern African dryland forests hiding in plain sight

22 Jul 2020

A belt of expensive timber and African wildlife struggling to survive population growth

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