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Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015

A Dayak village campaigns for rights to its forests

Aseanty Pahlevi 8 Oct 2015

Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips

Jay Fajar 7 Oct 2015

Crocodile conservationist awarded Field Museum’s prestigious prize

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2015
Armand Marozafy dismantling a poacher's trap within Masoala National Park in Madagascar in 2004. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nature guide freed in Madagascar 5 months after arrest for exposing rosewood trade

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2015

2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2015

From conflict to partnership, a Kalimantan community and logging company manage the forest together

Indra Nugraha 15 Sep 2015

Powered by the land: The Sumatran village that conserves forest for electricity

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Indonesian village opts to protect mangroves, preserve livelihoods

Themmy Doaly 28 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

Mining activist released after being charged with terrorism, rebellion in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2015

Communities create timber company to protect Sumatran forest

Loren Bell 4 Feb 2015

Sulawesi communities build big, unique houses by sustainably managing forests

Loren Bell 3 Feb 2015

Rapid development threatening traditional farms, forests in West Papua

Loren Bell 3 Feb 2015

After 10 years vying for protection, Kalimantan community granted legal rights to community forest

Loren Bell 30 Jan 2015

Sumatran community takes charge to protect its forest, attracts REDD+ attention

Loren Bell 29 Jan 2015

Sumatran community grows crops, aids conservation through ‘village forests’

Loren Bell 23 Jan 2015

Sumatran village protects environment through agroforestry

Loren Bell 21 Jan 2015

Sulawesi village seeks protection for sacred forest threatened by development

Loren Bell 16 Jan 2015

Farmers help restore degraded forests in Sulawesi

Loren Bell 15 Jan 2015

Forest management by Sulawesi community attracts international attention

Loren Bell 13 Jan 2015

Sulawesi community regains access to forest on which it depends

Loren Bell 9 Jan 2015

Kalimantan community maps forest to thwart timber companies

Loren Bell 8 Jan 2015

Sulawesi community vies to maintain rights to forest

Loren Bell 7 Jan 2015

Palm oil threatens community forest in Central Kalimantan

Loren Bell 7 Jan 2015

Peru’s first environment minister dies at 74

Julian Moll-rocek 7 Jan 2015

Traditional farming technique preserves soil, forest in Kalimantan

Loren Bell 6 Jan 2015

Coffee farmers help protect Flores forest

Loren Bell 6 Jan 2015

Indigenous leader murdered before he could attend Climate Summit

Jeremy Hance 8 Dec 2014

Jane Goodall: 5 reasons to have hope for the planet

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Nov 2014

A tale of 2 Perus: Climate Summit host, 57 murdered environmentalists

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2014

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