In Uganda, Paying People Not to Cut Down Trees Is Working
Researchers say a conservation initiative known as a payments for ecosystem services really paid off in terms of preventing deforestation.
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Westchester County’s Ongoing Failure to Support Integrated Housing
The Trump administration ended a years-long battle over fair housing, but the promise to end segregation was broken long before that.
New DNA Extraction Techniques Are Helping Enhance Our Understanding of Elephants’ Biological History
Recent advances in laboratory methods are enabling scientists to recover very old or degraded DNA sequences from warmer places, where DNA degrades at a much faster rate.
Private Accreditors Are Under No Obligation to Release Their Hospital Inspection Reports
Reversing course, federal health officials withdrew a proposal that would have required private accrediting organizations to publicly release reports of problems they found in health-care facilities.
Uncertainty Grows in Zimbabwe as the Trump Administration Considers Cutting Foreign Aid
Zimbabwe receives $150 million in U.S. aid funding annually to combat food insecurity and support climate resilience programs for 2.1 million people.
U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Have Only Helped Its Unpopular President
President Nicolás Maduro is building his brand of populism by celebrating each time the U.S. punishes officials for abuses.
Legislative Loopholes Could Be Helping Norway Fund Deforestation in Congo
A Rainforest Foundation UK briefing highlights very weak governance in the country, which means there is limited ability for the government to control its forest resources and to implement effective planning and management.
The Absence of Valuing Unpaid Care Work
Items covered by measuring national income get plenty of attention, while those not within this rigid framework often fall by the wayside. Case in point: unpaid care work.
The Consequences of Trump’s Unstable Relationship With the Intelligence Community
Internal talking points from Donald Trump's spy chief reveal tensions between the president and the intelligence community.
How Artificial Intelligence Could Benefit Those in Empathy-Centric Professions
If care jobs become the last human jobs, could that encourage employers and policymakers to recognize and value them as the economically critical work that they are?