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Karen Coates

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Karen Coates

    Uganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study finds (opens the original)

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    For decades, the global outlook for food and agriculture has brought heightened concerns as climate patterns create a mix of droughts and floods across the world. Consequently, fears of diminishing crop yields and livestock shortages have dominated the headlines. Amid the ensuing food security crisis, scientists are wondering if communities can turn toward local plant […]

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Karen Coates

    Farmers in South Africa’s Limpopo face unpredictable rainfall, uncertain futures (opens the original)

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    MALALA DRIFT, South Africa — In Malala Drift, near the town of Musina in South Africa’s Limpopo province, drought and unreliable access to water are threatening the livelihoods of farmers. Some have abandoned crop production after struggling to secure enough water, while others continue farming under increasingly difficult conditions. The farms lie along the Limpopo […]

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Karen Coates

    Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope (opens the original)

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    Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolphin entered the muddy waters of what is the Indus Basin today. Over millennia, they adapted to their new environment through extraordinary evolutionary shifts, developing sophisticated echolocation while gradually losing their eyesight. Today, these blind mammals, living mostly in Pakistan (with a small population in northwestern India), navigate the river’s

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Karen Coates

    In Nepal, women seek ownership rights to the lands they tend (opens the original)

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    POKHARA, Nepal — Before Binita Bishwokaarma understood Nepal’s property laws, she understood the work required to sustain a farm. Growing up in the village of Sindhupalchok, east of the capital, Kathmandu, she spent much of her time helping her mother around the house and in the fields while her father worked in the city. It’s a common scenario in Nepal, where gendered divisions of agricultural labor are widespread. For Bishwokaarma, that meant she and her mother grew maize, potatoes, garlic and

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Karen Coates

    Kashmir’s water bodies have declined for decades. Is conservation keeping pace? (opens the original)

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    For generations, Kashmir’s wetlands, lakes and rivers have been woven into the landscape around its towns and villages. Paddy fields once stretched across parts of the valley, while canals and springs were familiar features of everyday life. A new study published in Water Science assessing six decades of land use and land cover change in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the northernmost part of India finds that the extent of water bodies declined between 1960 and 2020, while built-up

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