Environment & Natural ResourcesPlanting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forestsSusanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024
ForestryHow engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarboniseRoy Southey 22 Mar 2024
Research & DevelopmentHow agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soilRémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023
Climate ChangeFirst study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategyJacqueline L Raw 20 Jan 2023
Research & DevelopmentNew food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to natureChris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble 9 Dec 2022
ForestryPlanting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuelsH. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022
Environment & Natural ResourcesOver 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating, new study finds21 Dec 2021
Sustainable FarmingTo make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rulesLaura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021
Climate ChangeClimate change: 6 priorities for pulling carbon out of the airCameron Hepburn and Steve Smith 3 Jun 2021
Forestry'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthyMichele Francis 9 Apr 2021
Environment & Natural ResourcesNature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?Tom Oliver 8 Feb 2021
ForestryDemand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop itAngela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy 4 Jan 2021
Environment & Natural ResourcesFewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic - but there's an alternativeJoseph Hamm 24 Dec 2020
Environment & Natural ResourcesMetals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape TownAnne-Liese Naude (Kruger) 15 Dec 2020
Agro-processingDust in the atmosphere is a sign of trouble in South Africa's maize fieldsFrank Eckardt 20 Oct 2020
Climate ChangeHow South Africa's mangrove forests store carbon and why it mattersJaime Leigh Johnson and Jacqueline L Raw 26 Feb 2020
Environment & Natural ResourcesTo solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for NatureGreg Asner 2 May 2019
Climate ChangeNew CO2 capture technology is not the magic bullet against climate changeChris Hawes 24 Apr 2019
AgricultureOn dangerous ground: Land degradation is turning soils into desertsProf Abbas El-Zein 29 Mar 2018
AgricultureFrom foe to friend: How carnivores could help farmersSam Williams, Lourens Swanepoel & Steven Belmain 6 Mar 2018
Sustainable FarmingGlobal Soil Organic Carbon Map a powerful tool for sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation6 Dec 2017
AgricultureTobacco hurts more than just your lungs - it damages the communities that grow itEleanor Jew 23 Nov 2017
Environment & Natural ResourcesAfrica's rainforests are different. Why it matters that they're protectedMartin Sullivan, Oliver Phillips, and Simon Lewis 25 May 2017
Construction & EngineeringNew technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide undergroundDom Wolff-Boenisch 13 Jun 2016
Environment & Natural ResourcesHow forests recover rapidly on logging roads in the Congo BasinJohn Healey and Fritz Kleinschroth 7 Jun 2016
Climate ChangeAfrica's forests may be our last chance to slow climate changeLaura Sonter and Gillian Galford 23 Jul 2015