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CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

© Kyle Obermann
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Tags: agriculture Amazonia Bolivia conservation agreements Conservation Stewards Program deforestation drought ecotourism forests indigenous peoples no forest no future Socio Bosque South America

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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Portrait of a woman in the village of Ayukre. Brazil, Kayapo Indians, Xingu region
© Cristina Mittermeier
Tags: biodiversity Bolivia Communities Ecuador forests indigenous peoples Kenya land rights land tenure Philippines Scotland Socio Bosque UNFCCC What on Earth

What on Earth is ‘land tenure’?

By Bruno Vander Velde

October 6, 2016
The concept of land tenure has major implications for conservation.
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Cloud forest
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Tags: climate change COP 21 deforestation Ecuador forests livelihoods mangroves nature-based solutions payment for ecosystem services poverty Socio Bosque

To fight deforestation, one country changed the equation

By Bruno Vander Velde

November 23, 2015
In Ecuador, it pays to save the forest.
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