80% of Africa’s Biodiversity Survives Outside Protected Areas, And the Communities Protecting It Are Under Threat
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80% of Africa’s Biodiversity Survives Outside Protected Areas, And the Communities Protecting It Are Under Threat

Indigenous Monitors Stopped Millions of Dollars in Illegal Timber Using Free Apps — And How You Could Join The Fight This Week
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Indigenous Monitors Stopped Millions of Dollars in Illegal Timber Using Free Apps — And How You Could Join The Fight This Week

How AI Processes Satellite Images to Track Wetland Loss Across 131 Million African Hectares
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How AI Processes Satellite Images to Track Wetland Loss Across 131 Million African Hectares

How We Grew It: PAMS Foundation. From Village Patrols to Growing Tanzania’s Wildlife Anti-Trafficking Network
How We Grew ItWildlife & Biodiversity

How We Grew It: PAMS Foundation. From Village Patrols to Growing Tanzania’s Wildlife Anti-Trafficking Network

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Marc Maleika, Sylva: The Fallout Was Not for Verra or Investors. It Was for Communities and Nature
What went wrong in carbon markets and what happens next.
Mikoko Pamoja Community Water Project
Robyn Morland, ACES: If a Community Can Only Say Yes, Then Their Voice Is Not Genuine
ACES Director Robyn Morland explains why genuine community-led conservation means accepting when communities reject projects—and what funders must understand.
Desa'a Forest, Ethiopia
Marie-Noelle Keijzer, We Forest: It’s Not About Being Perfect. It’s About Stopping the Desert.
WeForest's Marie-Noelle Keijzer on why forest restoration must shift from fragmented organisations to collaborative infrastructure that scales impact.
How Private Funding Helped Conservation Projects Survive the USAID Cuts—And What African Projects Can Learn
When the U.S. government announced dramatic cuts to USAID funding earlier this year, community-led conservation organizations worldwide faced an immediate
Kenya’s wildlife conservancies make old men rich, while making women and young people poorer
Kenya’s wildlife conservancies criticised for making old men rich, while making women and young people poorer
A study in Kenya’s Mara ecosystem reveals that land-rich older men reap the biggest rewards, often at the expense of
Land is Africa’s best hope for climate adaptation
Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time,

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The Rattan Weaver: Natural Fibres For a Sustainable Livelihood in Cameroon

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Community Tree Planting in Cameroon
How We Grew It: We Used A Japanese Tree Planting Technique to Revive Our Villages in Cameroon
Limbi Blessing Tata founded Ecological Balance Cameroon in 2016 after recognising that water infrastructure alone wouldn't solve Nkambe's chronic water
Musri tribesmen with cattle
Fighting for Survival: Ethiopia’s Largest Community Conservation Area Fights For Survival After US Aid Pulls Support
USAID abruptly terminated $8.5 million in funding for Ethiopia's largest community conservation area, leaving 20,000 Indigenous people without salaries and
Ecoturism on the Wild Coast, faciliated by Sustaining the Wild Coast
Fighting on All Fronts: The amaMpondo’s Battle Plan to Save Their Ancestral Coast
amaMpondo communities are fighting extraction through legal battles, traditional knowledge preservation, and economic alternatives.
Limbi and the tree planting team
Growing Miyawaki Forests to Fight Deforestation and Revive Rural Economies in Cameroon
Facing up to the deforestation crisis in Cameroon.
Sustainable, Smart, Innovative: Is this the future of Africa’s rural villages?
The University of Johannesburg transformed the remote Limpopo village of Gwakwani through a solar-powered bakery that produces 200 loaves daily.
Namibian Desert Blooms as Farmers Turn Bush into “Black Gold”
In the arid landscapes of Namibia, where farming has long been a challenge, a group of innovative farmers is quite
In Kenya, A Community Regrew Its Forest — and Redefined Reforestation Success
What started as a group effort to find a solution to deforestation has seen a rural community in Kenya successfully
Tamalu Farm
Tamalu Farm: Bringing Brazil’s Syntropic Agriculture To East Africa
Tamalu’s approach to farming and land management stands out as a live African demonstration of the syntropic agriculture approach which

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