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07 SEP 2017 5 MIN READ

Scientists, development practitioners, and policy thinkers joined artists and musicians at the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm in August.

31 AUG 2017 11 MIN READ

Researchers puzzled out how to include dryland livestock herders in the global insurance market. Their next challenge is to stay in balance with a changing ecosystem.

29 JUN 2017 11 MIN READ 34 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Octopus represents both food and profit for small-scale fishers who live along the shores of the western Indian Ocean. Changes in the region have implications for fisherwomen that need to be addressed by fisheries policy and management to become more gender equitable.

22 JUN 2017 19 MIN READ

As hunting threatens wild game species worldwide, hunters in the Amazon seek new ways to maintain this key source of protein and income.

25 MAY 2017 23 MIN READ 11 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

A tiny community of farmers in northern Thailand caring for their traditional land, biodiversity, and culture fought the government and won. They influenced international policies governing biodiversity to use their practices at home, and continue to defend them.

18 MAY 2017 11 MIN READ 17 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Combined pressures on the Amazon are pushing it towards a tipping point, which may be much closer than scientists previously thought. Can a new economic paradigm emerge to prevent it?

27 APR 2017 11 MIN READ 12 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

What happens when global sustainability researchers invite chief executives of major seafood companies to discuss the future of the oceans? A sea change in attitudes. We trace the long road to the Soneva Dialogue and preview the next steps.

13 APR 2017 17 MIN READ

Climate change, heavy-handed water management, and upstream dams are changing the Mekong Delta, pushing residents to adapt.

06 APR 2017 17 MIN READ 10 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

Ethiopia’s first communal seed bank is an example of the power of genetic diversity to shield humans from environmental crises. But threats to the seed banks loom with the industrialisation of agriculture.

30 MAR 2017 18 MIN READ 12 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

The world’s coral reefs are increasingly threatened by climate change and other human pressures. But it’s not too late to save them – and the livelihoods of the many communities that depend on them.