Saving Tanzania’s Forests Benefits Everyone—But Locals Pay the Price
Protecting Tanzania’s forests, a global biodiversity hotspot, would bring $8.2 billion in global benefits, but $2 billion in lost economic opportunity for local communities.
Protecting forests delivers enormous global economic and climate benefits, but new research shows these benefits can be unequal—with international stakeholders gaining most, and local communities bearing substantial costs.
That’s the takeaway of a new study on the costs and benefits of conserving forests, focusing on Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains, a global biodiversity hotspot...
Global Leaders Convene in Vermont for New Agroecology Summit
The University of Vermont’s new Institute for Agroecology (IfA) held its flagship summit, Seeding Transformation, a global forum on food systems and agroecology last week to mark the launch of its global programs.
How Extreme Weather Impacts Fall Foliage
After a summer of extreme weather—historic rainfall, devastating floods, wildfire smoke—leaf peeping season has finally arrived in Vermont and New England.
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