Tag: Community management

Ethiopia’s honey forest: People and wildlife living in sweet harmony

Ed Holt Ethiopia has lost large swathes of its forest cover in recent decades, including areas cleared for coffee plantations. Ironically, Ethiopia — including Gura Ferda — is the only place in the world where coffee grows wild. The Gura Ferda forest in southwest Ethiopia is a beautiful example of a forest and local people living… Continue reading Ethiopia’s honey forest: People and wildlife living in sweet harmony

Forests or plantations: What can heal an ailing earth? These indigenous women have some conservation tips

RANJAN PANDA & PRAGATI PRAVA While trees are important to enrich all forms of ecosystems, there have been criticisms from various sections of society and experts to the obsession with planting trees.  Scientists and experts have raised serious concerns regarding the effectiveness of such drives.  They have said that the science behind it could be dangerously… Continue reading Forests or plantations: What can heal an ailing earth? These indigenous women have some conservation tips

If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!

Ranjan Panda & Pragati Prava The Covid pandemic has aggravated the hunger crisis in the world.  Conflicts, climate change and economic downturn had already been increasing the number of acutely food-insecure people in the world over the past four years.  In 2019, according to estimates published in the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2020),… Continue reading If food is the vaccine, forests conserved by indigenous communities is what we need the most!