News Tag
Conservation
A Golden Opportunity: A Landscape Lens Transforms Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
From the rugged highlands straddling the border of Bolivia and Peru to the vast plateaus of Burkina Faso in West Africa, small-scale artisanal gold mining (ASGM) is happening around the globe
10 July 2024
By Réka Blakemore
Food Flows and the Integrated Landscape Approach
Food flow mapping helps guide Integrated Landscape Management by linking agriculture, ecosystems, and sustainable development in Kenya.
3 May 2016
By Louis Wertz
On conservation in Peruvian highlands, a conversation with Lindsey Hethcote
A Peru conservation project helps farmers protect quinoa diversity, strengthen climate resilience, and sustain traditional agricultural systems.
24 March 2016
By Lucila Fernandez, Lindsey Hethcote
On Gender, with Kame Westerman of Conservation International
Gender equality strengthens conservation and development projects by ensuring inclusive decision-making and better community outcomes.
8 March 2016
By Mara Novak, Louis Wertz, Kame Westerman
CAMBiando cardamom and conservation in Guatemala
CAMBio conservation finance helped Guatemalan cardamom farmers recover from economic challenges while supporting sustainable land management.
16 January 2016
By Lee Gross
Conservation in an urban world
Urban conservation improves water quality, climate resilience, and public health by integrating ecosystem services into city planning.
16 December 2015
By Aiden Irish
Fly Over a Honduran Smallholder Coffee Farm
A conservation finance program helped Honduran coffee farmers recover from coffee rust while promoting biodiversity and sustainable farming practices.
21 October 2015
By Lee Gross, Louis Wertz
Tablet in Hand and Drone in the Sky, EcoAg Evaluates On-farm Conservation in Honduras
Tablet-based surveys sought to understand what access to capital meant to coffee farmers in Ocotepeque, for their livelihoods, production practices, and agricultural production and forest protection linkage comprehension.
20 October 2015
By Lee Gross
Raising the Soil Profile
Soil is the “great connector of our lives,” but we’re treating it like dirt. Soil management starts within communities and locally supportive soil conservation work.
5 September 2015
By Aiden Irish