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
11 Aug 2023
Flowing together: Connecting forests, freshwater and fish through watershed-based management
Integrated approach serves sustainability and food security in Zambia’s Upper Kafue River
19 Jul 2023
From ‘do no harm’ to ‘do better’: Early lessons from implementing REDD+ safeguards in Indonesia
Multi-stakeholder workshop on making forest initiatives work for communities - ecosystems.
28 Jun 2023
Building a governance framework for forest data in Eastern and Southern Africa
Facilitating information sharing for more effective and sustainable management
27 Jun 2023
Power, politics and participation: Naming the non-technical in multi-stakeholder processes
Comparative research emphasizes centrality of context, inclusion and influence
22 Jun 2023
Taking root in Kenya: Nature-based climate solutions project kicks off
Kenya-UK PACT programme ignites collaboration for forest landscape restoration
25 May 2023
Keeping track of trees and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa
Four years on from OFESA’s launch, what progress has been made?
17 May 2023
At home with the hunters: Intimate visions of the wild meat trade in Gabon and Madagascar
Virtual exhibition depicts work to make wild meat value chains sustainable
Interview
- 6 Mar 2023
Seeing from all sides: Why we need more women in science
Q&A with CIFOR-ICRAF forestry scientist Nining Liswanti