Forests

Good news from the DRC!

The type of environment news that makes the headlines can be disheartening. But when we take a closer look, there are so many positive and inspiring stories – of welcome progress, community triumphs, and conservation success. Here’s some good news you might have missed from our partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [...]

By |2024-05-23T16:14:44+00:00May 23rd, 2024|Advocacy, Community, Congo Basin, Forests, Indigenous Peoples|Comments Off on Good news from the DRC!

How a small Cameroonian organisation saved 20,000 ha of tropical rainforest

The bad news came through at their weekly team meeting: a new decree (N°2019/4562 of 11 November 2019) had been issued, allocating 60,000 ha of Campo Ma'an forest in southwest Cameroon to CAMVERT, an agro-industrial giant producing and marketing palm oil. The Green Development Advocates (GDA) team sprang into action. This is the story of [...]

By , |2024-04-15T06:38:50+00:00March 6th, 2024|Advocacy, Community, Congo Basin, Forests, Indigenous Peoples|Comments Off on How a small Cameroonian organisation saved 20,000 ha of tropical rainforest

In it for the long haul: Bringing biodiversity to oil-palm country

Wildlife corridors through oil palm plantations. Local communities saving the world’s rarest crocodile from extinction. Sweeping new protections for EU seabed. A groundbreaking coalition for amphibian conservation. When conservation organisations have access to flexible, reliable funding, their impact can be revolutionary. In this series, we look back at major victories facilitated by our long-term, [...]

By |2024-04-18T09:42:14+00:00October 18th, 2023|Approach, Conservation Optimism, Forests, Long term funding, More than Carbon|Comments Off on In it for the long haul: Bringing biodiversity to oil-palm country

In it for the long haul: Saving the giant squeaker frog

Wildlife corridors through oil palm plantations. Local communities saving the world’s rarest crocodile from extinction. Sweeping new protections for EU seabed. A ground-breaking coalition for amphibian conservation. When conservation organisations have access to flexible, reliable funding, their impact can be revolutionary. In this series, we look back at major conservation victories facilitated by our [...]

By |2024-04-17T11:17:27+00:00September 27th, 2023|Amphibians, Approach, Conservation Optimism, Forests, Long term funding|Comments Off on In it for the long haul: Saving the giant squeaker frog

The home of a frog orchestra

An Interview with Dr Caleb Ofori-Boateng, Founder of Herp Conservation Ghana Dr Caleb Ofori-Boateng was the first formally trained herpetologist in Ghana, and has become a global champion for Ghana’s biodiversity, particularly its unique and threatened amphibians. He is the founder of Herp Conservation Ghana, the latest partner in our Amphibian Programme, and has [...]

By |2024-05-09T15:27:29+00:00October 2nd, 2020|Amphibians, Conservation, Conservation Optimism, Forests, Herp Conservation Ghana, Interviews, People and Wildlife|Comments Off on The home of a frog orchestra