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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
Feature
- 14 Mar 2018
Oil palm landscapes: Sketching out sustainable futures
New methods for mapping and planning in Colombia
Feature
- 13 Mar 2018
Oil palm landscapes: Playing the long game with palm oil
Using role-play to improve landscape management in Cameroon
News
- 5 Mar 2018
How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
New research shows hunting is the most common threat to protected areas worldwide
News
- 5 Mar 2018
How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
News
- 17 Jan 2018
Funding a low-carbon future
Unlocking private finance for climate and sustainable development
News
- 17 Jan 2018
Funding a low-carbon future
News
- 22 Dec 2017
In defining the landscape approach, ‘don’t fence us in,’ scientists say
Avoiding top-down definitions at the Global Landscapes Forum
Photo Essay
- 1 Nov 2017
Wild nourishment
News
- 6 Sep 2017
Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin?
Re-examining the region’s ‘cornerstone of conservation’
News
- 6 Sep 2017
Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin?
News
- 31 Aug 2017
Forests, farming and food
New evidence on how forests contribute to dietary diversity
News
- 31 Aug 2017
Forests, farming and food