Case Study Archives - Local Biodiversity Outlooks

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Managing mangroves in Madagascar: women’s associations enhance conservation and livelihoods

Loky Manambato is a highly diverse landscape in northeastern Madagascar spanning 250,000 hectares, and including high massifs, forested areas and grasslands, and a marine/coastal zone. Bounded by two rivers, the area…

Forest Peoples Programme22 December 2025

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Bottom-up conservation making a real impact on land and sea in Madagascar

This short film illustrates how a bottom-up approach is enabling communities in the Loky Manambato area of Madagascar to protect their land and marine ecosystems.

Forest Peoples Programme20 November 2025

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Conservation of Mu Billi (Ocean): A step towards collective territorial rights

Creating maps of vulnerable areas help local communities identify areas that need special conservation protection.

Forest Peoples Programme7 April 2025

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Protecting community-led conservation of Wapichan Wiizi

Creating maps of vulnerable areas help local communities identify areas that need special conservation protection.

Forest Peoples Programme1 April 2025

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Ruma’mus Ung Gio: A ritual to honour ancestral connections to a sacred spring in Indonesia

This short film follows Warembunga spiritual leader Tonaas Rinto Taroreh as he conducts a ritual to protect and honour ancestral connections to a sacred spring near his community in Indonesia.

Forest Peoples Programme4 April 2023

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How members of the Maya Kaqchikel community predict changes in the weather

This short film shows how members of the Maya Kaqchikel community in Guatemala predict changes in the weather

Forest Peoples Programme22 December 2022

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Indigenous Digir women maintain food security for their community.

Nana Yala (Mother Earth) follows a collective of Indigenous women from the Digir Community in Panama as they work together on their fields

Forest Peoples Programme22 December 2022

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Zenu Indigenous women grow crops for their community

This micro-documentary speaks to the members of the Zenú women’s collective, who work together on the land to grow crops for their community.

Forest Peoples Programme22 December 2022

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Restoring community lands in Galicia, Spain to adapt to climate change

This film shows how a community in northern Spain are working to replace industrially-planted trees with native species.

Forest Peoples Programme21 December 2022

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A ritual to call for an end to torrential rain in Indonesia

This short film follows a Dayak community from Sungai Utik village in Indonesia, who have endured months of constant rain.

Forest Peoples Programme21 December 2022

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