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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

Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jan 2018

In a Papuan district, tribes push to revive a legacy of sustainability

Christopel Paino 2 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

Can community forestry deliver for Madagascar’s forests and people?

Rowan Moore Gerety 2 Oct 2017

Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty? (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 17 Sep 2017

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

Scientists condemn expansion of industrial monocultures at expense of traditional gardens in Mexico

Mongabay.com 14 Jul 2017

Papuan clan leader laments influx of migrants to sacred Cyclops Mountains

Christopel Paino 14 Jun 2017

Big animals can survive reduced-impact logging — if done right

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017
A necklace made from mpingo and another local hardwood. Mpingo’s dark, lustrous properties has made it one of the most valuable timbers in the world. Photo by Sophie Tremblay for Mongabay

In one Tanzanian village, survival is intimately linked to forest conservation

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 12 Feb 2017
The forest of Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Corrupt logging practices in Liberia could mar new era in community forestry

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Nov 2016
Tumaini Matinda drives his beat up 1995 Land Cruiser during one of his patrols in the forests of the Simanjiro district in northeast Tanzania. Photo by Willy Lowry

One man’s quest to save Tanzania’s forests

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Nov 2016

Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2016

A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 11 Oct 2016

‘We are revolutionaries’: Villagers fight to protect Myanmar’s forests

Katie Arnold 23 Sep 2016

Putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2016

Benefits of Community Forest Management in Madagascar not evenly distributed: report

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López and Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups

David Njagi 6 May 2016

Mexican conservation success threatened by wave of mining concessions

Martha Pskowski 29 Apr 2016

Maroon 5 musicians voice support for community forestry in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 6 Apr 2016
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Indigenous forest activist released from prison amid Cambodian crackdown

Rod Harbinson 17 Mar 2016

Nigerian government urged to halt “land grab” in Ekuri community forest

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2016

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