Cameroon’s Baka people say they are part of the forest: that’s why they look after it
The Baka people of Bemba village, Cameroon, show how sharing is a viable forest management and conservation technique.
AllAfrica on MSN2h
Cameroon's Baka People Say They Are Part of the Forest - That's Why They Look After It [analysis]
The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest.While doing fieldwork in 2020, I remember walking with Indigenous elders Ferdinand Mbita and Félix Mangombe up ...
Mongabay News49m
Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules
An international court published its ruling this month that the Ecuadorian government was responsible for a long list of ...
Mongabay News on MSN4h
‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest ...
Smithsonian Magazine10h
A New Course by ForestGEO Experts Teaches the Biodiversity of Panamanian Forests
Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...
UN Environment Programme9h
How a grassroots financing model is helping Indigenous communities save the Amazon
A United Nations effort is channeling more finance to communities to help them conserve, restore and sustainably manage ...