What is a Miyawaki forest: meaning, method, pros and cons
What is a Miyawaki forest? Learn its meaning, planting method, pros and cons, and how mapping tools verify these pocket forests worldwide.
Our top Environmental Podcasts to follow in 2026: our team’s multilingual picks
The environmental podcast landscape continues to evolve, and that’s good news. As in 2025, we’d like to highlight podcasts that helped listeners better understand climate change, biodiversity loss, restoration, and the systems shaping our planet. But we also want to...
A Recap: Nature Link Pavilion at the Future Forest Forum 2024
The Nature Link Pavilion at the Future Forest Forum 2024 was a remarkable gathering, set against the historic charm of an old castle, which added a unique sense of connection and atmosphere. This year’s Pavilion acted as a dynamic hub,...
Ecosystem restoration: new investment paradigms urgently needed
The global ecosystem restoration movement is gaining traction. Investments in ecosystem restoration are on the rise and large financial institutions are launching restoration and biodiversity funds. This is, of course, good news. But, as always, the devil is in the...
Conservation International Suriname: saving 1 billion trees by building socio-ecological resilience
About Southern Suriname consists of pristine tropical rainforests that also source the rivers flowing to the coast. Trio and Wajana indigenous communities reside in the region, having preserved the forest for millennia. However, pressure from logging and gold mining is...
WeForest: bringing the Great Green Wall to life with local communities in Ethiopia and Senegal
About The Great Green Wall is an African-led initiative that began in 2007 aiming to prevent the advance of the Sahara Desert with ambitious goals to reforest 8,000 km across the entire width of Africa. It is an incredible ambition...
Who presented at the explorer.land project stage – NOAH Zurich (6-7 Dec 2022)
The explorer.land project stage @NOAH Zurich aims to facilitate investments and funding towards impactful projects restoring and protecting nature. For the first time ever, a networking event with leading startups and investors featured a carefully curated climate & biodiversity project...
AlVelAl – expanding regenerative landscapes in South-Eastern Spain
About Since 2014, AlVelAl (Commonland’s landscape partner) have been using the 4 Returns Framework to bring together local farmers, conservationists, government, and entrepreneurs to create a common vision for the Altiplano, a semi-arid steppe in South-Eastern Spain. Currently, AlVelAl has...
Our disconnect from nature is key to understanding environmental destruction
… I am sitting close to our friend who is suffering from a dangerously high fever. I’m holding her hand and cooling her head with a damp cloth to lower the temperature. There is not much time left. The antipyretic...
How OpenForests is striving for impact with the explorer.land platform
For more than 9 years we have been working closely with different forest and conservation projects around the world. We have been creating customized information systems for consolidating and managing forestry data in one place. Good information management leads to...