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.
By this writer
Bridging the gap toward the global stocktake
ShareBirthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks
ShareWhy investing in natural capital makes sense for people, planet (and profit!)
ShareZooming in on the micro-organisms that populate our internal and external ecosystems
ShareLife in particular altitudinal conditions that are narrowing with climate change
ShareNew Resilient Landscapes initiative links public and private actors to scale up efforts
ShareThe delicate ecosystems that can mass-store carbon – but only with the right tree species
ShareWelcome to the wettest savanna on Earth
ShareA look at the states of life in the cold
ShareA belt of expensive timber and African wildlife struggling to survive population growth
ShareAs the peak of fire season approaches in the tropics, the pandemic could heighten its effects
ShareThe humid entanglements filled with food and teeming with life
ShareInto the largely undocumented landscapes of caves, dragons and edible nests
Share30 percent of the nation's exclusive economic zone is now a marine protected area
ShareThe dwelling grounds of amber and elephants – and the world's most threatened major forest type
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