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
Event Coverage
- 5 Dec 2014
Survey highlights REDD+ controversies over community monitoring
Fundamental tension between the dual goals of efficiency and equity under REDD+.
News
- 3 Dec 2014
REDD+ on the ground: For one initiative in Indonesia, politics in the peatlands
Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership caught up in an Australian domestic political debate.
News
- 3 Dec 2014
REDD+ on the ground: New book offers insights, lessons from across the tropics
Lessons from REDD+ are applicable across all different types of conservation interventions.
Event Coverage
- 22 Oct 2014
Unlikely partner could boost ‘best deal’ for protecting forests, slowing climate change
The Californian Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force has made ripples at the United Nations Climate Summit.
Video Q&A
- 16 Oct 2014
Unequal power dynamics in landscape approaches must not be ignored, expert warns
"Communities are not homogeneous; communities are unequal."
Event Coverage
- 27 Sep 2014
Peru should start monitoring deforestation ahead of Lima summit, expert urges
“It would be wonderful if Peru could pick its monitoring system and establish a reference level by the COP in Lima.”
News
- 8 Sep 2014
How do forests recover after logging? New network seeks to find out
Scientists find a big gap in our knowledge of logged-over forests in the tropics - with potentially significant benefits.
News
- 19 Aug 2014
Artisanal millers vs. industrial plantations in Cameroon’s palm oil paradox
How to solve the problem? Give the producers a better price.