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Yves here. This piece has a long warm up before getting to the main event. However, it’s noteworthy that technology expert and international development…

Peter Howson once embraced cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The conservationist and international development researcher was intrigued by their potential to solve complex problems, like mitigating climate change and protecting the world’s most vulnerable. In 2016, he was working in Indonesia on efforts to conserve land for Indigenous communities in a place where such projects had failed and sometimes ended in horrific violence and displacement. Howson learned of a project to allow local

In an attempt to protect its forests and its famous gorillas, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin mine. But some are wondering what the hell crypto has to do with conservation.

Julian Spalding was the most influential figure in Scottish culture for a decade. Now he’s publishing his memoirs and has scores to settle. He…