Forest restoration projects could create billions in new revenue

The economic benefits of restoring degraded or deforested land are an estimated $84 billion, roughly the entire gross domestic product of Sri Lanka in 2015.

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Can urban forests cultivate sustainable healthcare?

An unprecedented research project is correlating medical data about more than 4 million Kaiser Permanente subscribers with their proximity to trees and green spaces.

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The long and winding road to sustainable tourism

From Hawaii to the Galapagos, the sector moves beyond eco-adventures to more holistic safeguards for popular travel destinations.

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The long and winding road to sustainable tourism

How the forestry sector can add $120 billion to global GDP

No one predicted the rapid growth of renewables — from 31 GW to 318 GW — within 13 years, said Justin Adams, managing director of The Nature Conservancy. And we are about to experience a sharp increase in the value of the agriculture and forestry sector. “We are on the cusp of how we can work with the forestry and agriculture sectors, and many other sectors that are dependent on [them], to unlock the rapid growth and same commercial opportunity that came from renewables in the last 20 years,” he said. 

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How the forestry sector can add $120 billion to global GDP

No one predicted the rapid growth of renewables — from 31 GW to 318 GW — within 13 years, said Justin Adams, managing director of The Nature Conservancy. And we are about to experience a sharp increase in the value of the agriculture and forestry sector. “We are on the cusp of how we can work with the forestry and agriculture sectors, and many other sectors that are dependent on [them], to unlock the rapid growth and same commercial opportunity that came from renewables in the last 20 years,” he said. 

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Landscape conservation: The opportunity for companies and supply chains

Sponsored: Aligning the interests of companies and communities to protect, restore and conserve land should be part of every company’s commodity supply-chain strategy.

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What rural Alaska can teach the world about renewable energy

With plenty of trickling streams and blowing wind, many remote Alaskan communities are doing away with fossil fuels altogether.

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What rural Alaska can teach the world about renewable energy

L’Oreal, Chanel and Nespresso pioneer ‘carbon insetting’

The trees planted under this targeted approach do more than offset emissions. They make supply chains more resilient.

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Can corporate transparency prevail under Trump?

Three ways to make the business case for corporate disclosure in the face of an opaque government.

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Seeing forest though the trees – widening the lens for real returns

Sponsored: Only in understanding what landscapes mean to each actor operating within it, can solutions to negate deforestation be implemented.

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