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"But rangers are not the only ones vulnerable to attacks by armed illegal loggers - 114 of the environmental activists killed in the Philippines were from indigenous communities." Via BBC News (World) -> buff.ly/3jXnubA

"The roughly 900 Indigenous residents who live here say the influx of outsiders is threatening the #forest resources they rely on, putting their traditional way of life at risk." Via Mongabay -> buff.ly/3VRMNJt

VACANCY: We are looking for a research assistant to work with #gender in #conservation in the Global South. Is this you? Find the full job ad here and apply by 23 January 2023: buff.ly/3IAjqsm

Sacred Groves: How the Spiritual Connection Helps Protect Nature via Yale Environment 360 -> buff.ly/3GRbT7h

Contribute to research on #wildmeat interventions in #SEAsia! If you are/have been involved in the design and implementation of wildmeat interventions in SE Asia, please consider taking around 20 minutes to fill out this survey by March 12th. ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/Ie4KFd3s

Urao is the only brackish continental lagoon in Latin America, significant for its minerals and the livelihoods it supports, but threatened by encroaching development in the Venezuelan state of Mérida via Mongabay -> buff.ly/3k6bXGY

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"Our work has helped improve the health & wellbeing of the local community members living around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park &, in so doing, reduced the threat of disease transmission to the #gorillas through the One Health approach." Gladys K Zikusoka buff.ly/3kaOMf3

"Residents of a landless workers’ settlement in Anapu, Pará state, in Brazil’s Amazon region, accuse the federal government of favoring large landowners, land-grabbers and corporations at the expense of poor and landless peasants." Via Mongabay buff.ly/3k99JH9

"As the canopy returns to places that were once deforested, so does the #wildlife & by farming in a way that maintains the plants, trees & fungal networks of this ecosystem, coffee growers are fuelling a natural engine for storing climate-warming carbon." buff.ly/3CHkmY0

‘It’s becoming a war zone’: Tanzania’s Maasai speak out on ‘forced’ removals theguardian.com/global-develop…

‘Funai is ours’: Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency is reclaimed under Lula via Mongabay -> buff.ly/3iyc9hW

The forests of Central Africa have faced an unprecedented #biodiversity loss in recent years, and the true environmental impacts are only just beginning to come to light. Learn how People and Conservation Learning Group supports locally led initiatives to address these challenges: povertyandconservation.info

DOWNLOAD: SAGE & its early contributions to improvements in governance of area-based conservation --> iied.org/21316iied SAGE is a methodology that aims to achieve better outcomes for #conservation - for nature & people - by improving governance & equity of #ProtectedAreas.

"In Intag, communities are self-defined administrative units, whose leader is nominated by its residents. It’s up to each community to decide how to best protect #forests." In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant buff.ly/3W6MlXZ

"The region also continues to suffer from violence linked to land grabs, #deforestation and illegal mining that have worsened since the completion of the dam" Dammed, now mined: Indigenous Brazilians fight for the Xingu River’s future via Mongabay -> buff.ly/3QJhrDY

New report from World Economic Forum puts forward a set of principles and practices to inform how investors should think and what investors should do to engage Indigenous peoples and their knowledge in #conservation and restoration of landscapes -> buff.ly/3vYgIFt

Many low-income communities in India face serious burdens because the Wildlife Act prohibits killing certain wild species. The challenge is to reform #wildlife management in a practical way while keeping it in line with our unique values on animal life -> buff.ly/3CsIg9o

Reflections, Stories and Struggles against the violence of the Green Economy - new bulletin from World Rainforest Movement (WRM) -> buff.ly/3GTTq8C