Monica Evans

ABOUT THE WRITER
Monica Evans is a writer and community development practitioner based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since completing her Masters in Development Studies in 2010, she has worked on environmental and community development projects in NZ, the Pacific and Latin America. She's particularly passionate about participation, creativity and well-being, and has a keen interest in ecology and sustainability. She lives in a small town on New Zealand's wild West Coast, where she teaches dance, grows vegetables and tends to her pet alpacas.
BY THIS WRITER
Interview - 18 Sep 2024
Using Facebook to expose illegal sport hunting in Brazil
Researcher Hani Rocha El Bizri shares how scientists are using social media data to expose illegal sport hunting in Brazil
Interview - 18 Sep 2024
Using Facebook to expose illegal sport hunting in Brazil
16 Sep 2024
Call to conservation community: Stop using 80% figure to quantify biodiversity in Indigenous People’s territories
New “scientific detective work” shows the widely-circulated figure is not supported by research
16 Sep 2024
Call to conservation community: Stop using 80% figure to quantify biodiversity in Indigenous People’s territories
6 Sep 2024
Central African moist forests and savannas are net carbon sinks – for now
But careful planning is needed to maintain that balance into the future
6 Sep 2024
Central African moist forests and savannas are net carbon sinks – for now
News - 4 Sep 2024
In Cameroon, honing organizational arrangements to boost REDD+
Study advocates for hybrid management structure to maximize technical capacity, political clout, staying power and uptake
News - 4 Sep 2024
In Cameroon, honing organizational arrangements to boost REDD+
31 Jul 2024
In Katavi National Park, rangers step up wildlife monitoring with camera trap training
Workshop in remote Tanzania enables more responsive conservation action
31 Jul 2024
In Katavi National Park, rangers step up wildlife monitoring with camera trap training
29 Jul 2024
Measuring wildlife degradation, made simple
New indicator toolkit helps track impact of hunting in African tropical forests
29 Jul 2024
Measuring wildlife degradation, made simple
22 Jul 2024
Rural Nigerian communities caught more but sold less wild meat during the pandemic
Study shows wild species may be especially vulnerable during socio-economic shocks
22 Jul 2024
Rural Nigerian communities caught more but sold less wild meat during the pandemic
18 Jul 2024
Revealed: How much carbon Earth’s forests stash—and what’s happening to it
Insights for action from scientists that tracked global forest carbon sink over three decades
18 Jul 2024
Revealed: How much carbon Earth’s forests stash—and what’s happening to it