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Indigenous communities play a critical role in the 'REDD+' strategy that sells emission reductions for credits to raise money for forest protection.

This is the second article in our five-part series on forest carbon credits and the voluntary market. Read Part One. Part Three, Part Four and Part Five will be published later this month. SEN MONOROM, Cambodia — Tucked away in a little-visited corner of eastern Cambodia is a tiny “sea of forest” that undulates near […]

The idea that ‘land is life’ has been at the core of what I do since I began my journey in grassroots conservation. I was born in the Loliondo district on the border of Kenya and Tanzania, where Maasai land rights have frequently been disputed. Experiencing first-hand what it feels like to have your homeland […]

Runners must forage for food and make their own fires to keep warm in a new ultra-marathon in the Tanzanian bushlands.

International actors should meet with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), not only to understand the situation on the ground, but also to spread awareness of positive impacts.

Praised for its biodiversity and charismatic species, the African continent encompasses some of the wildest places on earth. Many, however, remain threatened, a...

Meet the finalists for the Tusk Award for Conservation ahead of next week’s ceremony at Hampton Court Palace

Carbon offsets have been criticized for failing to provide carbon savings and ignoring the needs of local communities. But in Tanzania, hunter-gatherer tribes are earning a good return for their carbon credits and protecting their forests from poachers and encroaching agriculture. 


(Credit: Pixabay) Upwork, the world’s largest work marketplace, recently released its first-ever carbon emissions report, revealing the company reached carbon neutrality for the first time in 2019. The company has also declared its commitment to remain carbon neutral going forward. In addition, Upwork announced its plans to further lower emissions in the future. Upwork says its business model, which enables remote work, positively impacts the environment. Upwork’s own distributed approach t...