Postcards from the field: Building trust in Ecuador
Bulldozers churn in the mud and block the sticky, bumpy road up ahead as Elena Mejia and Ayme Muzo head…
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Board game puts new spin on competitive land-use dynamics
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 October 2013) — Life. Risk. Monopoly. Board games such as these can reflect and diffuse frameworks for…
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Scientists tap local expertise to deepen knowledge of threatened species
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 September, 2013)_Involving local people in conservation efforts can be a reliable and cost-effective way to identify the…
7 min readPolicy makers in Indonesia choose community participation as best for the future
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 June, 2013)_Decision makers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia believe that mining, agriculture and oil palm developments are inevitable,…
6 min readGoverning resources collectively: Parallels between developed and developing countries
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 June, 2013)_Taking a trip to the rural areas of Japan offers something else – in addition to…
4 min readDiverse use of Guatemala’s biosphere reserve works best, research shows
LIMA, Peru (10 June, 2013)_New settlers, organized crime and climate change – these are just a few of the challenges…
6 min readBolivia’s Brazil nut gatherers must establish control over logging operations, says study
LIMA, Peru (7 June, 2013)_Brazil nut gatherers in northern Bolivia must play a greater role in overseeing commercial logging being…
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Snakes, thieves and falling nuts: Challenges of Brazil nut harvesting in Peru
LIMA, Peru (4 June, 2013)_Every wet season in the Western Amazon, Peru’s castañeros (brazil nut concession holders and harvesters) gather…
1 min readFarmers need stronger rights and incentives to preserve trees on farms in Africa: study
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_Some farmers in Ghana kill saplings on their land over fears their food crops will one…
6 min readUS, EU timber import regulations could bankrupt Central Africa’s small-scale loggers: experts
Loggers in Central Africa could be driven out of business due to the high operating costs needed to comply with…
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Could radio help mitigate climate change in the Congo Basin?
Climate change is hitting the Congo Basin region hard and while communities there and in other parts of Africa struggle…
5 min readFrom forest harvest to bubbling businesses in the Congo Basin
There have been hunters and gatherers for as long as mankind can remember and members of many communities in the…
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