In January 2012, AECID Madrid (from the NGODs Service and Funds Department and NGOD Monitoring Department) together with AECID in Cambodia visited...

The forest means everything to 31 year-old Laxmi Tamang of Dadeldhura, Nepal. She nodded while saying, “We will fight to the death, but won’t let our...

How can the media support environmental conservation? One approach is to tell the stories of the importance of these natural resources and the people...

A recent proposal to amend the Forest Act of 1993, put forward by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation of Nepal, has generated concern among...

Among the organizations who went the extra mile to raise awareness for the International Year of Forests (IYF), Miss Earth made its presence felt in...

I had a great belly laugh last week while I was reading through case studies of Nepali rural women and their roles in natural resource management for...

At Durban’s Forest Day 5, the resounding message was that REDD+ will not work if people are hungry. How can we expect the poor to conserve forest...

How can governments and international organizations work together to reduce poverty and combat deforestation? Collaborative efforts based on mutually...

Haven’t we been talking about gender and the need to mainstream it for decades? Why then does it seem to re-emerge every time a new ‘development’ or...