ABOUT THE WRITER
Kate Evans is a freelance journalist originally from New Zealand. After studying journalism at the University of Sydney and international relations at the Australian National University, she worked as a multimedia journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for three years...and then ran off to West Africa armed with a video camera and a love of African dance. She is now a writer, filmmaker and photographer.
BY THIS WRITER
News
- 24 Oct 2025
Sweet returns: How cacao and oil palm farmers in Southeast Asia are reshaping their landscapes
Smallholders in Indonesia and the Philippines blend agroforestry, beekeeping and planning for sustainable livelihoods
6 Dec 2019
REDD+: Still a critical color on the palette of forest protection strategies
Integrating REDD+ with global efforts to protect and restore forests
News
- 11 Sep 2019
‘Forestry is not fulfilling its promise to the rural poor’
New study: Scientist E.K. Sadanandan Nambiar says it’s time to re-imagine forestry
News
- 22 Jul 2019
Make food a priority in land reforms
People and rights should be addressed, alongside conservation
News
- 22 Jul 2019
Make food a priority in land reforms
News
- 9 Jul 2019
The Congo Basin: palm oil’s next frontier
Can Central Africa avoid South-East Asia's deforestation fate?
News
- 9 Jul 2019
The Congo Basin: palm oil’s next frontier
Feature
- 8 Mar 2019
International Women’s Day: Indigenous women off the charts
How to put equal rights on the map
News
- 12 Feb 2019
Palm oil: Smallholder expansion into peatlands on the rise
New study overturns assumptions that industry is solely to blame
News
- 24 Dec 2018
Review of large-scale tree plantations suggests need to consider socioeconomic impacts
Forests News has updated the first paragraph and headline from 'Socioeconomic impacts of tree plantations overwhelmingly negative for local people' to...