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As the world prepares for COP30 climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon gateway city of Belém, fisheries ministers from Brazil and Portugal are making a compelling case for “blue foods” – seafood, seaweed, and other aquatic-based nutrition – as an underutilized…
Indonesia has announced an ambitious pledge to recognize Indigenous and customary community rights to 3.5 million acres of forest by 2029—a promise that would quadruple the country’s officially recognized customary forests. Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni unveiled the plan at…
Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are spearheading an ambitious campaign to transform British eating habits by doubling the nation’s bean consumption within the next four years. The initiative, backed by major UK supermarkets, aims to tackle two pressing…
A devastating fungal disease that has plagued cassava crops across Southeast Asia for over a decade has now jumped continents, threatening food security in South America. In 2023, smallholder farmers in French Guiana first noticed their once-thriving cassava plants turning…
As trick-or-treaters prepare for another candy-filled Halloween, a California company is developing chocolate that could revolutionize how we think about our favorite sweet treat. California Cultured, based in Sacramento, is pioneering lab-grown chocolate using biotechnology techniques previously employed to create…
In Rio de Janeiro’s sprawling Rocinha favela—home to over 72,000 residents—a chance discovery at a local sports complex has sparked an innovative environmental solution that’s transforming both the community and its waterways. The breakthrough came in 2020 when community leader…
