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Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’ on purpose

January 9, 2023 by Freda Kreier

With more and more greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, making dark earth — or something like it — could be a method of mitigating climate change while supporting agriculture in the tropics.

Categories Environment, Food & Water, Food & Water featured Tags carbon sequestration strategies, dark earth, tropical forests Leave a comment

Creating a tropical paradise closer to home

June 8, 2021 by Sarah Cossom

Imagine a tropical paradise alive with plants and animals, all living in perfect harmony and producing plentiful food for local people. You might be imagining somewhere like South America, but this story is actually set in Devon, England.

Categories Environment, Food & Water, Food & Water featured Tags building resilient food systems, permaculture projects, tropical forests Leave a comment

Tree Planting can Help Tropical Forests ‘Recover 50% Faster’ from Logging

June 21, 2021August 17, 2020 by Daisy Dunne

Restoring tropical forests through tree planting and selective plant removal can rapidly increase the speed at which they recover from logging, a new study says.

Categories Environment, Environment featured Tags restoring habitat, tropical forests 1 Comment

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