CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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How Incan ruins and Brazil nuts are fighting deforestation in Bolivia
By Cassandra Kane
March 3, 2017
Through conservation agreements, indigenous Bolivian communities are expanding their incomes while leaving forests standing.
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Growing cleaner, better coffee in the ‘land of a thousand hills’
By Amos Thiongo
September 23, 2016
Conservation agreements are helping Rwandan coffee farmers improve production — and fetch a better price.
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The forest behind your perfume
By Juliette Crepin
August 29, 2016
In the forests of Venezuela, three villages have found a crucial source of livelihood amid the country’s roiling economic crisis.
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