In Mexico’s ‘Avocado Belt,’ Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

By Agustín del Castillo and Fred Pearce

How Herbicide Drift from Farms Is Harming Trees in Midwest

By Richard Mertens

INTERVIEW

How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia’s Vast Grasslands

‘Green Grab’: Solar and Wind Boom Sparks Conflicts on Land Use

By Fred Pearce

As War Halts, the Environmental Devastation in Gaza Runs Deep

By Fred Pearce

Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?

By Christian Schwägerl

How African Communities Are Taking Lead on Protecting Wildlife

By Fred Pearce

Will UN Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test

By Fred Pearce

Brazil Hopes to Make the Amazon a Model for a Green Economy

By Fred Pearce

On Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth

By Lela Nargi

PHOTO ESSAY

Eye on the Fertile Crescent: Life Along the Mideast’s Fabled Rivers

By Murat Yazar / Text by Paul Salopek

How Agroforestry Could Help Revitalize America’s Corn Belt

By Tom Philpott

With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green

By Fred Pearce

Could the Global Boom in Greenhouses Help Cool the Planet?

By Fred Pearce

How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa

By ​Jenipher Changwanda and Freddie Clayton

INTERVIEW

Tracking Illicit Brazilian Beef from the Amazon to Your Burger

In a Dammed and Diked Mekong, a Push to Restore the Flow

By Stefan Lovgren

OPINION

Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear

By Anthony Barnosky and Mary Ellen Hannibal

In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life

By Zaya Delgerjargal

How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

By Fred Pearce

Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?

By Janet Marinelli