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A kererū (native woodpigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae). The birds are culturally and ecologically important for Tūhoe. Image by Bernard Spragg. NZ via Flickr.

What makes a forest healthy? Māori knowledge has some answers.

Monica Evans 21 Dec 2018
Piupiu ferns (families Blechnaceae and Thelypteridaceae) on the forest floor. Image by Monica Evans for Mongabay.

A Māori community leans on tradition to restore its forest

Monica Evans 17 Dec 2018
Valentin Suchite patrols the forest searching for signs of deforestation. Image by Anna-Catherine Brigida for Mongabay.

Guatemala: An indigenous community rejects, then accepts, a protected area

Anna-Catherine Brigida 12 Dec 2018
Naisimari Lentula, a Yiaku herbalist, with a community forest scout outside her house. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

For Kenya’s Yiaku, medicinal herbs are their forest’s blessing and curse

Shadrack Kavilu 30 Nov 2018
Lazarus Lentula, a 27-year-old leader of the Yiaku forest guards, who patrol and monitor Mukogodo for illegal activity. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

Shadrack Kavilu 28 Nov 2018
A group of Yiaku youth scouts, who have been trained by the Kenya Forest Service to take part in forest patrols and other conservation activities. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

A forest of their own: The Yiaku as Kenya’s model forest stewards

Shadrack Kavilu 26 Nov 2018

Stop importing illegal timber, PNG activists tell China at APEC Summit

John Cannon 22 Nov 2018
A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018
Maubere elders in the village of Suco Fatumea draft tara bandu regulations to protect local forests and water sources. Image by Egrilio Ferreira Vincente.

Timor-Leste: Maubere tribes revive customary law to protect the ocean

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 26 Oct 2018

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018
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

Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth

Mike Gaworecki 30 May 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

How effective is environmental restoration?

Mike Gaworecki 6 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

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