Every year, globally millions of acres of forests are cleared for development, grazing or crops. When this happens, most of the organic carbon stored in the original forest is released into the ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Natural climate solutions, or NCS, range from reforestation and ...

Humans have engineered climate change by manipulating the environment. There’s a hope that we may also be able to mitigate this, predominantly through reducing emissions, but in some cases by ...

The Nature-Based Solutions Origination Platform is WWF’s innovative vehicle to deliver nature-based solutions at ...

Left: Number of observations of each constraint, organized by constraint category. Right: Number of constraint observations in each constraint category. Conservation, restoration, and ecosystem ...

Nature-based solutions are inherently public goods. They operate across jurisdictional boundaries, involve local communities, and intersect with ...

We stand at a critical juncture where the interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss demand immediate and urgent attention. Scientific evidence unequivocally demonstrates that the ...

Just Climate, a specialty investment business focused climate and agriculture, has secured $175 million in capital, including through the backing of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System as ...

Working with nature will accelerate climate adaptation while also helping to enhance water and food security, reverse nature loss and drive sustainable development The climate crisis is intensifying ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is tapping into the Pacific Northwest’s (PNW) strength in conservation innovation with a new, open call for proposals to invest up to $5 ...

Global inventory reveals nitrogen is in shorter supply than previously thought in natural areas, which could limit carbon storage in plants and soils. “Outside of some tropical forests and drylands, ...