Preventing Amazon Wildfires Through Local Knowledge

El Niño’s Return and the Amazon’s Fire Risk El Niño, a climate pattern marked by warm Pacific waters, has returned, intensifying wildfire risks across the Amazon. This year’s event, expected to strengthen, echoes the 2023–2024 fire crisis, which saw extreme drought and large-scale blazes. According to the FUTERRA project, the region’s vulnerability is compounded by … Read more

The honey bargain: How bees are helping forests stay standing

Across the globe, a critical interdependence is being leveraged to save vanishing ecosystems: the symbiotic relationship between native bees and the forests they pollinate. From the dry montane forests of Peru to the peatlands of Indonesia, local communities are discovering that beekeeping can make forests more valuable when left standing than when cleared. The Fight … Read more