Community Patrols Can Slash Environmental Crime by 80% (Commentary)

Community patrols can slash environmental crime by 80% (commentary)

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, local communities are leading the charge against environmental crime — and they’re succeeding. Our new peer-reviewed study published in Conservation Biology has found that community-led patrols reduced illegal activities such as unregulated fishing, hunting and logging by up to 80% in two vast protected areas, even in the near-total absence of formal government enforcement. These findings come from a decade-…

Brazil nuts: Boosting health, forests, and livelihoods

Brazil nuts offer more than nutrition – they also protect rainforests and support local communities

Guardians of the Forest Seeds: Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Guardians of the Forest Seeds: Restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest Iracambi, an environmental organization, is working with the indigenous Puri people to restore biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, an area experiencing higher rates of deforestation than the Amazon. Call to…