Indonesia’s Peatland Restoration Agency is likely to have its tenure extended by four years. What has been achieved and what should the agency focus on for the next term?
Lorne sugar plantation in Mackay, 1874.
State Library Queensland
The story of the growth of Britain’s sugar trade can tell us a lot about the development of capitalism and the slave trade.
Decorated with ornaments purchased, created and inherited for years, even generations, Christmas trees are a reflection of a family’s history and tastes.
John Morgan/flickr
Take a good look at those old Christmas ornaments before hanging them on the tree – you may find it’s time to retire some family keepsakes.
Jermone Bias and Cheyney McKnight portraying enslaved cooks at Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown, Virginia, a National Park Service property.
National Park Service
At historic sites across the South, you’ll often find a white woman, dressed in Colonial clothes, cooking in a big house kitchen. That’s a role that was usually done by enslaved Africans.
The sweet-smelling, fluffy white fungus, Huntiella moniliformis, engaging in sexual reproduction in the lab.
Author supplied
Indonesian peatlands are important to many people: farmers, bureaucrats, businesspeople, and conservationists. But preserving this value for everyone will mean listening to everyone’s concerns.
Workers harvesting from a commercial farm in Ethiopia.
Reuters/Barry Malone
Many African countries are still searching for inclusive commercial farming models that can bring in private investment without dispossessing local people.
An Indonesian oil palm smallholder sells fruit bunches to a trader.
Lesley Potter
Over the past few years many companies have committed to sustainable palm oil. But that is threatened by a growing alliance between industry and government.
Peril from the forests.
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