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
Interview
- 28 Feb 2023
Honouring the waymakers for women in science: Meet Eponle Usoh Sylvie
Q&A with one of CIFOR-ICRAF’s restoration research fellows in Cameroon
News
- 27 Feb 2023
Toucans, tapir and tortoises: Revealing the biological riches of southern Guyana
First-ever biodiversity assessment for Karaawaimin Taawa mountain range yields exciting preliminary results
21 Feb 2023
Nourishing leadership: Why gender matters in development science
Q&A with CIFOR-ICRAF food and nutrition scientist Mulia Nurhasan
Interview
- 10 Feb 2023
Energy transfer: How one woman scientist aims to spark enthusiasm in the next generation
Q&A with CIFOR-ICRAF bioenergy research scientist Mary Njenga
In-depth
- 30 Jan 2023
Tropical wetland countries refine forest reference emission levels (FREL)
Peru, DRC, and RoC follow Indonesia’s lead on more accurate emission estimates
24 Jan 2023
Realities of doing science in remote rainforests: The Karaawaimin Taawa Biodiversity Assessment
Project organizers share insights from research expedition in Guyana’s deep south
18 Jan 2023
‘Coalition of the willing’ takes agroecology forward at the Asia Pacific Symposium on Agrifood System Transformation
Those who can enact change now should do so – and lead the way, say representatives from across the region
5 Jan 2023
Sustainable forest management: Indonesia navigates a paradigm shift
Mainstreaming ecosystem services to protect the archipelago’s remaining forests