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
6 May 2024
Expanding agroecology’s reach
A moment to reflect on both progress and challenges at the Agroecology TPP Members Forum meeting
6 May 2024
Expanding agroecology’s reach
22 Apr 2024
What’s measured matters: Agrifood system metrics for a finite planet
New meta-framework seeks to help ‘level the playing field’ for holistic approaches
18 Apr 2024
“Together, we can turn the tide”: protecting Indonesia’s blue carbon
For Indonesia, the burgeoning blue carbon market holds promise – and challenges
25 Mar 2024
Sri Lanka sources integrated solutions to land and water-based challenges
Holistic initiative protects mountain watersheds whilst scaling agroecology
22 Mar 2024
What’s needed to make agroecology mainstream?
Advocates share progress on metrics, digital tools, incentives, and investment
22 Mar 2024
What’s needed to make agroecology mainstream?
23 Feb 2024
Fresh choices for hunters key to transforming wild meat trade
Improving management, creating livelihood alternatives in Yangambi, DRC
9 Feb 2024
Working on sunshine: Agrivoltaics in East Africa
New tech gathers energy + grows food in the same spot
29 Jan 2024
“People’s lives are very complex”: Why conditional payments aren’t enough to protect and restore forests
REDD+ should combine such payments with a broader ‘bundle’ of measures, say researchers