Unlocking Prosperous Livelihoods for Tomorrow (UPLIFT)
UPLIFT is a community outreach program led by the Grumeti Fund.
Vidiyal Vanapathukappu Sangam – Participatory Forest Management in India
In 2004, the Forest Department of Kerala had succeeded in the arrest of 23 wildlife poachers.
Protecting the rainforest and its wildlife through sustainable livelihoods
In November 2017, Conservation International (CI) Suriname and an indigenous village called Alalapadu in southern Suriname signed a conservation agreement for the protection, conservation and sustainable use of the forest.
Using social forestry to stop illegal logging and benefit local communities
A local organisation based in Riau province, Indonesia, called Yayasan Hutanriau (Riau Forest Foundation) helped communities in the Bukit Betabuh Forest Reserve respond to the illegal expansion of palm oil plantations and ille
Law enforcement for lizards in Guatemala
The Guatemalan beaded lizard was feared extinct as a result of the illegal pet trade, until 2002 when a local Guatemalan NGO called Zootropic began a wide-ranging conservation project to help the country’s lizard populations.
Singita Grumeti Fund
Working in partnership with Singita, the Fund’s mission is to contribute to the conservation of the Serengeti ecosystem, its natural landscape, and its wildlife.
The Prey Lang Community Network
The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) is a self-organised group of local community members who monitor the forests in the Central Plains of Cambodia.
Forest Forces: Technology and Community-based Forest Crime Prevention in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil experiences the greatest rate of deforestation: about one football pitch of rainforest per minute.
Tackling Illegal Logging in Ulu Masen, Aceh
Following the tsunami in 2004, Ulu Masen’s forests in Aceh, Indonesia, came under extreme pressure to supply the large-scale reconstruction effort required in the province.
Preventing a prickly situation: Cactus Nurseries in Mexico
In response to the uncontrollable harvest of cacti, the Mexican federal agency in charge of conservation - CONANP - set up plant nurseries in the Barranca de Metztitlán Biosphere Reserve (RBBM) with the explicit purpose of conserving cacti through cultivation and sustainable tra