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Dienaba Diedhiou, an oyster collector in her 70s, poses with her grandchildren. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Women’s work in Senegalese conservation includes exorcising demons

Jennifer O’Mahony 19 Oct 2018

In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2018
Bassirou Sambou, who heads the biodiversity monitoring section of Kawawana, stands in the ancient woodland surrounding his home. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Watching the wildlife return: Q&A with a rural Senegalese river monitor

Jennifer O’Mahony 15 Oct 2018
A fisherman pulls in a barracuda at sunset on the waters of the Casamance River, accompanied by an apprentice. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats

Jennifer O’Mahony 10 Oct 2018

Kenya: Indigenous Ogiek face eviction from their ancestral forest… again

Nathan Siegel 8 Oct 2018

Amid ongoing evictions, Kenya’s Sengwer make plans to save their ancestral forest

Anthony Langat 24 Sep 2018
Dani man in Indonesian papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia’s ‘one-map’ database blasted for excluding indigenous lands

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018

Community groups in Cambodia say logging surged with approaching election

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2018

Peru: Marañón dry forests protected as a regional conservation area

Vanessa Romo 20 Jul 2018

DRC adopts a strategy that will bolster community forestry, conservation group says

John Cannon 25 Jun 2018

Mexico’s ejidos are finding greater sustainability by involving youth and women

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue

Shreya Dasgupta, Zuzana Burivalova 23 Apr 2018

Camera trap videos capture biodiversity of conservation area in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula

Mike Gaworecki 23 Apr 2018

India’s new forest policy draft draws criticism for emphasis on industrial timber

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Apr 2018

Critics say proposed changes to Mexico’s Forestry Law threaten sustainable forest management by local communities

Mike Gaworecki 9 Apr 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

Jaguar numbers rising at field sites, WCS says

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Study delves into overlooked community perceptions of conservation impact

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Feb 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018

Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jan 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

For indigenous kids in Indonesian Borneo, an early start to forest stewardship

Yovanda 19 Dec 2017

For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar

Christopel Paino 14 Dec 2017

In rural Indonesia, a village learns to embrace its forest through sustainability

Dedek Hendry 6 Dec 2017
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?

Rowan Moore Gerety 29 Nov 2017
Men and women spend hours sowing rice seedlings and ploughing the land. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

To feed a growing population, farms chew away at Madagascar’s forests

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 17 Nov 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

Indonesian president recognizes land rights of nine more indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2017
Dani man in Indonesian papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Does community-based forest management work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Nov 2017

FSC mulls rule change to allow certification for recent deforesters

John Cannon 24 Oct 2017

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