This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Farmers and gardeners use vermicomposting to create a nutrient-rich soil enhancer with a little help from earthworms, but new research indicates the practice could also help tackle a growing global…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. North of the limits of the Lukutwe community forest concession, two armed soldiers protecting critical mineral mining operations stepped in front of Valery Kyembo and his visitors. Wearing a bright…
While world leaders discussed the future of conservation at the World Conservation Congress, Madagascar was working on putting the care of forests in local hands. In October, Madagascar’s environment and…
Happy New Year and welcome back to the first 2026 edition of Invested. This week, we’re spanning the 2025–2026 divide by looking back on last year and looking forward at…
The story of the world’s tropical forests in 2025 was not one of dramatic reversal, but one shaped by accumulated pressure. In several regions, deforestation slowed. In others, loss continued…
Brazilian philanthropy arrived at COP30 in Belém ready to highlight practical, on-the-ground climate solutions for the future of climate finance in the Global South. Renata Piazzon, CEO of Instituto Arapyaú,…
Third-generation Irish dairy farmer William Dennehy tends to his livestock and land with a deep sense of responsibility—to his community, his environment, and the generations that will follow. His 96-cow…
At a landfill on Majuli, which is said by many to be the world’s largest riverine island, a cluster of ungainly birds peck at garbage. Here, on the river Brahmaputra in…
For a movement so often framed by loss—and confronting a particularly difficult moment—conservation is relearning how to talk about itself, linking conservation discursively to health, human rights, and local resilience.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People can’t protect their land if they can’t provide for their kids. Mulago’s mission is to meet the basic needs of the poorest people, and one of the most basic needs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Panamanian Indigenous Ngäbe Buglé Peoples and fisherfolk have practiced ancestral fishing in the provinces of Veraguas, Bocas del Toro, and Chiriquí for more than a hundred years. In February…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a dusty, unpaved school compound at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya, Umutoni and her classmates use waste paper to make briquettes for cooking. Nearby, other boys and…