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
Event Coverage
- 26 Aug 2020
A perfect storm: Fire, haze and a global health crisis
ASEAN experts on preparing for wildfire season amid COVID-19 pandemic
News
- 4 Aug 2020
Miombo woodlands: ‘Forgotten’ southern African dryland forests
Missing from the global discourse on climate change and biodiversity
News
- 25 Jun 2020
Are REDD+ donors learning quickly and deeply enough to make a difference?
Shaping revolutionary change in the global system driving deforestation
News
- 4 Dec 2019
CIFOR at COP 25: A simple idea, REDD+ meets a complex reality
From boardrooms to local communities, forest conservation effort faces challenges
News
- 3 Oct 2019
Getting real about restoring the Earth at GLF New York
Establishing pathways for the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
18 Sep 2019
The Papua Atlas: New tool tracks development on remote island, as-it-happens
Scientists hope for good environmental decision-making as the Trans-Papua Highway takes shape
News
- 2 Sep 2019
New tool shows decline in oil-palm related deforestation in Borneo
Open-access atlas a boon for monitoring and transparency
Fact File
- 2 Sep 2019
From the frontlines: Fighting Bolivia’s forest fires
A firefighter’s account of the country’s burning dry forests