Community

Refugees and Host Communities Benefitted by Reforestation Program in Burundi

In the UNHCR-run camps in Burundi, refugees used to cut trees for firewood and cooking, negatively affecting the environment. A...

Healthy Forests Healthy Waters

The Healthy Forests Healthy Waters program offers private landowners in Maryland, United States a cost-free opportunity to establish new woodland...

Mexico’s Sustainability Model

Mexican community forest enterprises administer their common property woodlands at a scale and current maturity unparalleled anywhere else in the...

Konambe Quells Drought

Konambe located in the state of Maharashtra, India is far from being the water-scarce place it once was. The village...

Connecting Kenyans with Water through Kenya Connect

The rainy seasons in the Mwala region of Machakos County, Kenya run from November to December and from March to...

Community Action Saves Sirpur Lake in Madhya Pradesh, India

Since the 1970s, illegal encroachments, dumping of waste and other such activities resulted in degradation of the water quality of...

An Unlikely Wetland Success Story

A community on the northwest border of Bogotá launched a concerted campaign to defend the Conejera wetland against a city...

Mangrove Restoration Project Reaches 90 Percent Survival Rate

The USDA Forest Service has been partnering with the Malagasy government, the US Agency for International Development and eight communities...

Nepal’s Community Forestry Initiatives

Deforestation not only negatively impacts biodiversity and ecological systems but also threatens the livelihoods of many communities in Nepal that...

The CommuniTree Programme of Nicaragua

The CommuniTree Programme is a community-led reforestation initiative that helps to restore ecosystems, improve livelihoods, and combat climate change in...