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Crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus), Uganda. Image by Rafael Vila via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Communities not the true threat to Mabira Forest: Q&A with Ugandan conservationist Achilles Byaruhanga

Ryan Truscott 25 Aug 2023
A stream in a forest in Jambi.

In Sumatra’s Jambi, community forest managers fish to protect peatlands

Lili Rambe 2 Aug 2023
Gorillas in Cameroon.

Cameroon government again opens way for logging in Ebo Forest

Leocadia Bongben 1 Aug 2023
A woman in a yellow top and bright multicoloured wrapper, smiling as she walks across sandy verge of a paved road to where blue and white bags of dark black charcoal have been set on the ground near Praça das Mangueiras, in southwestern Angola. In the background, more charcoal in tall white sacks. Image by Carsten Ten Brink via Flickr (BY NC-ND 2.0)

Forests & finance: Fears for forests in Angola, flashes of hope from Kenya & Ghana

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2023
Bajo seafarer named Umar Pasandre has been quietly building a career as an influential environmental defender.

Sulawesi sea nomads who inspired Avatar movie chart new course saving forests

Sarjan Lahay 31 Jul 2023
A chainsaw cuts through timber near Afi River Forest Reserve. Image by Orji Sunday.

Forests & Finance: Cameroon raw log ban expands and Nigerian villagers act against ‘forest bandits’

Mongabay.com 18 Jul 2023
Convoy of four logging trucks in Gabon, following each other from right to left along a paved road out of the frame, green foliage on the hillside above the dry gray and brown of the road . Image by jbdodane via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Forests & finance: communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2023
A black-shanked douc langur in a tree.

Can community payments with no strings attached benefit biodiversity?

John Cannon 13 Jun 2023
A spectacled bear.

Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia’s cloud forest

James Hall 8 Jun 2023

Strong like an oak tree: Guardians of the Juanacatlán forest in Mexico

Adriana Navarro Ramírez 31 May 2023
David Antonioli at COP15 in 2009.

Head of Verra, top carbon credit certifier, to leave in June

John Cannon 25 May 2023
Villagers seeking shelter following the March 2021 airstrikes at an IDP camp within the Salween Peace Park. Image courtesy of KESAN.

Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2023
The Bungule Women's Group, where women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts.

Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws

John Cannon 9 May 2023
Activist Emmanuel Elong at the foot of an ancestral tomb on the sacred site of Bayong Mbonjo. Photo by Yannick Kenné.

Palm oil giant hands over sacred community land for reforestation project

Yannick Kenné 4 May 2023
Victor Emata, a SEAMANCOR-trained tour guide, rowing a boat.

A Philippine town and its leaders show how mangrove restoration can succeed

Mavic Conde 4 May 2023
Shigeatsu Hatakeyama at a tree-planting festival

Saving forests to protect coastal ecosystems: Japan sets historic example

Annelise Giseburt 27 Apr 2023

Camera trap images of rare gorillas with infants bring hope in DRC

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2023
Artisanal timber producers in Cameroon. Image by Mokhamad Eldiadi/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.o)

Forests & finance: Protection and restoration in Cameroon and Senegal, fire threat in Angola

Mongabay.com 13 Apr 2023
The endangered golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia).

Reconnecting ‘island habitat’ with wild corridors in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Jeremy Hance 30 Mar 2023
A resplendent quetzal.

Mountain islands: Restoring a transitional cloud forest in Costa Rica

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2023
The vulnerable ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea).

From ukuleles to reforestation: Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2023
Forest in Peru.

Citizen-run conservation booms in South America, despite state neglect

Shanna Hanbury 28 Mar 2023

Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Mar 2023
Michellejean with a GPS device with elders in the forest.

Indigenous youths keep ancient forestry traditions alive in the Philippines

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 6 Mar 2023
Duyen walks between shrimp farms.

As livelihoods clash with development, Vietnam’s Cần Giờ mangroves are at risk

Lam Nguyen and Danielle Keeton-Olsen 28 Feb 2023

Nepal’s community forest program misses the biodiversity for the trees

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Feb 2023
Local women participating in the economic value conservation activities.

Failed mangrove tourism project in Sumatra highlights need for community collaboration

Barita News Lumbanbatu 16 Feb 2023
Ismail in Mount Gede, Indonesia, cutting dead twigs to be used as firewood.

Updated guide gives practical advice for buyers of tropical forest carbon credits

John Cannon 9 Feb 2023

Changing circumstances turn ‘sustainable communities’ into deforestation drivers: Study

Kimberley Brown 1 Feb 2023
Mennonites in the municipality of Bacalar.

Indigenous communities in Latin America decry the Mennonites’ expanding land occupation

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 26 Jan 2023
Forests of Bolivia.

Reciprocal Water Agreements protect millions of hectares of Bolivian forest

Michelle Carrere 19 Jan 2023
A rainforest community in Madagascar farming.

New app tells donors what communities need to stop deforestation: Q&A with Health In Harmony

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Jan 2023

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