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#ForewordFriday: Evolutionary Treasures

By Erica Sánchez Vázquez / On September 27th, 2019
Read this excerpt from Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines to find out what makes rainforests so valuable for our planet.

Corrupt and Ineffective Development Investment

By Bruce Rich / On April 12th, 2016
After some seven decades of mixed results in development assistance, there is a growing consensus that the greatest challenge is governance—in both the recipient and the donor countries.

Wealthy Investors vs. the Land, Livelihoods, and Locals

By Michael Kugelman / On April 7th, 2016
Whenever we hear about stories like these, stories of such immense exploitation and predation, there is a tendency to think: How can this happen? How can obscenely rich investors run roughshod over the land, livelihoods, and rights of impoverished local communities, and with utterly no consequences?
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Hello from NACCB 2014!

By Erin Johnson / On July 16th, 2014
The view of the University of Montana campus from the nearby Mt. Sentinel.
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#ForewordFriday: Chico Vive Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On April 4th, 2014
Island Press is pleased to be co-sponsoring the 2104 Chico Vive conference at American University in DC this weekend. The conference brings together grassroots activists, NGOs, students, engaged scholars, applied scientists, policymakers, journalists, and others to discuss the development of the global grassroots environmental movement in the 25 years since environmental martyr Chico Mendes' death.

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