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Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups

A growing number of companies are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland is acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States.

Former head of the World Resources Institute has a new role leading Bezos’ $10 billion Earth Fund

The $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund has a new chief executive and it’s Andrew Steer, the former head of the World Resources Institute — an organization that Bezos described as “working

Mercado Libre taps Pachama to monitor and manage its $8 million investment in Latin American rainforest restoration

Mercado Libre, one of the largest e-commerce and financial services company from Latin America by market cap, has selected the startup and Y Combinator alumni Pachama as its strategic partner in devel

Amazon’s ‘climate pledge’ commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and 100% renewables by 2030

In Washington today, Amazon announced a series of initiatives and issued a call for companies to reduce their carbon emissions 10 years ahead of the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement as part of a

Nature Conservancy gives forest management a digital makeover

Keeping a forest healthy often means deciding what to do tree by tree and acre by acre. That's easy enough with a square mile of it, but what about a thousand? The Nature Conservancy is working on too