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    aquaculture Ocean restoration Insights
    Forests
    Insights
    October 1, 2020

    The Road to Restoration: 3 Steps For Transforming Landscapes

    • forest monitoring
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    People working on land restoration.
    • forest monitoring
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Insights
    February 7, 2020

    The Causes and Effects of Soil Erosion, and How to Prevent It

    • Forests
    • land use
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    A plum orchid planted in dry soil as a result of drought.
    • Forests
    • land use
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    Ocean
    Insights
    April 11, 2024

    4 Ways Ocean Health Is Critical to Human Health Everywhere

    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    Fishermen in Indonesia haul in their nets on a beach.
    • Ocean
    • health
    • pollution
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Ocean
    Insights
    February 23, 2024

    What We Know About Deep-sea Mining — And What We Don’t

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 6, 2023

    5 Takeaways for Companies Setting Science-based Freshwater Targets

    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    A person wearing a hat sits on the rocks overlooking Laguna Churup in Peru.
    • science based targets
    • water risk
    • Water Security
    • Aqueduct
    Ocean
    Insights
    October 25, 2023

    The Shipping Industry Won’t Meet its Decarbonization Goals without Investing More in Low-carbon Fuels

    • Ocean
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    Smoke pours from a cargo ship sailing past a group of fishermen on a pier.
    • Ocean
    • net-zero emissions
    • transportation
    Freshwater
    Insights
    October 20, 2023

    The Next Phase of Corporate Sustainability: Addressing Consumer Water Use

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Washing dishes.
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Water Security
    • water risk
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 2, 2023

    What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster?

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Local people in a boat survey the Singkil Peat Swamp in Indonesia.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • land use
    Ocean
    Insights
    September 20, 2023

    The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought

    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Groups of people are scattered across a large, sandy beach on a sunny day with floating wind turbines in the background.
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • nature-based solutions
    Freshwater
    Insights
    August 16, 2023

    25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Women collect water near Arba Minch, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia,
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Aqueduct
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Ocean
    Insights
    June 28, 2023

    How Blue Carbon Can Tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Development Crises

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • nature-based solutions
    Underwater shot of a mangrove root system in clear tropical waters.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • nature-based solutions
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2023

    Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Silhouette of a man standing in a river surrounded by trees in the Amazon rainforest.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 2, 2023

    What Is Kelp and Why Is it Vital to People and the Planet?

    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    Fish feed on a kelp forest in the ocean
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    Forests
    Insights
    April 14, 2023

    Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Men planting a tree.
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • deforestation
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    Ocean
    Insights
    January 31, 2023

    5 Ocean Moments to Watch in 2023

    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    A couple snorkels in crystal clear water
    • Ocean
    • conservation
    • biodiversity
    Climate
    Insights
    November 15, 2022

    Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Harvesting seaweed
    • Ocean
    • carbon removal
    Forests
    Insights
    June 28, 2022

    36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • restoration
    Saplings in Ireland
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • restoration

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