Thriving Forests

Carrying out biodiversity conservation activities with four communities on the northern periphery of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park – strengthening local land rights, and supporting sustainable livelihoods. 

Supporting women’s empowerment, community livelihoods, and sustainable ecosystems. The organisation has planted 80,000 bee-loving native trees in degraded areas of the Kilum-Ijim Forest, trained more than 1,300 people in bee keeping and honey production, and nearly 1,000 farmers in agroforestry to improve soil health. 

Supporting 19 communities in Ogooué-Ivindo province to legally secure more than 145,000 hectares of ancestral forest adjacent to Ivindo National Park. Its livelihoods work includes support for sustainable fishing and beekeeping. 

Working with 45 villages – creating impact through a tree nursery and agroforestry training for local communities. This helps local people make a sustainable living through products including cacao, fruit, soap, rubber and oils. 

Helping rainforest communities in DRC make a sustainable living through agriculture and tourism. Its eco-tourism work centres on helping visitors access the area’s bonobo apes, in a way that brings benefits to – and respects the cultural wishes of – local people. 

Helping communities monitor and restore the forests around Benue National Park, and develop agroforestry practices such as shea and cashew growing, and honey production. They use gender-sensitive techniques and quotas in their work to strengthen opportunities for women. 

The partnership between communities and local authorities in a threatened area of the Amazon. Its work helps local people earn a sustainable living and also gives them tools to monitor and report illegal logging and mining. People have seen their incomes grow by up to 60%, while the scheme has been certified as meeting the world’s highest conservation standards.

Designing solutions to illegal logging and deforestation with local people, bringing benefits such as alternative sources of income and a clinic providing high-quality affordable healthcare.

3C will plant and protect trees in Burundi’s last remaining forest area, Mont Mboza, and nurture sustainable businesses for local people. As well as growing incomes, this work will lower the danger of landslides.

Expanding its work on land reforestation, sustainable tourism, and territory mapping. It is also strengthening women’s groups among the area’s nine Indigenous communities. 

Helping women in forest-edge communities raise their incomes, particularly through more effective food production and preservation. The organisation’s approach centres on empowering women, particularly as community leaders. 

An Indigenous women-led organisation protecting more than 360,000 hectares of ancestral Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador. After halting oil exploration in 2019, the association now trains women from the Sapara community in nature-based enterprise and community-led tourism.

In South Sumatra, the Hutan Kita Institute is expanding agroforestry training, improving forest monitoring, and working with government for better regional and national policies. 

Supporting communities in southwest Gabon to reduce hunting pressure and human-elephant conflict through new income-generating activities. From beekeeping to orchards, these initiatives improve local livelihoods while protecting biodiversity in and around a critical national park.

A grassroots conservation initiative protecting 20,000 hectares of forest in the buffer zone of Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park — home to gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants. Through community-led tourism and conservation, they engage local people, including former poachers, in tracking and protecting wildlife, while also supporting sustainable food production and alternative incomes.