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
26 Mar 2013
Postcards from the Field: Mud, mud, glorious mangroves
“Mangrove research in the field is like playing in the mud – it’s a theme park,” says a Japanese scientist who has spent years working in mangroves...
News
- 25 Mar 2013
Could sustainable logging save Indonesia’s mangroves?
As long as you don’t convert them, they’ll come back.
News
- 25 Mar 2013
Could sustainable logging save Indonesia’s mangroves?
Video
- 22 Mar 2013
‘Dirty Science’: Excavating the truth about mangroves and carbon
Scientists aim to find accurate estimations of just how much carbon is stored underneath mangrove forests.
Video
- 15 Jan 2013
How much credit can Brazil take for slowing Amazon deforestation – and how low can it go?
Brazil’s government claims a 76 percent reduction in deforestation rate since 2004.
Event Coverage
- 21 Dec 2012
Scientists show technical concerns no longer an obstacle to progress on REDD+
Obstacles to reaching agreement on monitoring of carbon emissions are political, not technical.
Video
- 14 Dec 2012
Bamboo carbon credits now on sale in China: INBAR
In China, bamboo is now recognized as carbon offset, and as a tool for climate change mitigation measures.
Video
- 14 Dec 2012
Bamboo carbon credits now on sale in China: INBAR
11 Dec 2012
Scientists ‘reach consensus’ on global deforestation emissions
DOHA, Qatar (11 December 2012)__Two groups of scientists who this year published widely differing estimates of global carbon emissions from deforestation...
Video
- 8 Dec 2012
Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
Mangroves play a very important role in the Arab Gulf ecosystem, for both humans and for animals, especially camel herds.