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.
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 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 scarcity. Her solution drew on a childhood observation: as forests moved further from her community, streams moved with them.
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 threatening years of conservation progress.
How We Grew It: I discovered a new species of Lemur and built an advanced rainforest research facility in Madagascar
Patricia Wright, primatologist and founder of Centre ValBio, on establishing one of the world's most important tropical research stations.
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 crisis.
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.