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Mongabay launched a dedicated Solutions Desk to report on what's actually working to save the planet, not just the problems. Their evidence-based journalism has already influenced Microsoft's carbon investments and community conservation efforts.
Once nearly extinct in Thailand, wild banteng cattle are thriving again thanks to community-led conservation. Former poachers are now leading ecotourism tours to watch these rare animals in their natural habitat.
A garbage-choked canal in Tamil Nadu that barely flowed is now a thriving mangrove forest after villagers removed three-quarters of a ton of plastic and planted 20,000 trees. The project shows exactly how cities can bring dead waterways back to life.
The endangered Kashmiri stag population has soared from 183 to 323 in just ten years, proving that dedicated conservation can bring species back from the brink. Local communities and wildlife are now thriving together around Dachigam National Park.
A global study of 32 wildlife projects reveals a powerful truth: when women have real leadership roles, conservation efforts succeed at significantly higher rates. From Australia to Africa, women's unique knowledge is proving essential for protecting endangered species.
Ethiopia's community-led environmental initiatives are being hailed as a blueprint for climate action across Eastern Africa. The Global Environment Facility praised the country's approach to combining conservation with local economic development.
A mountaineer in West Bengal's Purulia district spent eight years turning villagers from hyena hunters into protectors, saving 18 of these critically endangered animals. His grassroots approach transformed fear into conservation, proving that local communities hold the key to wildlife survival.
Three years after African cheetahs returned to India, the population has grown to 38 individuals, including 27 thriving cubs born on Indian soil. The community-powered project is transforming both wildlife conservation and local livelihoods in Madhya Pradesh.
Once ravaged by conflict and poaching, India's Manas National Park has transformed from a UNESCO danger list site to a thriving wildlife haven. The comeback story involves rescued rhino calves, reintroduced species, and communities choosing conservation over conflict.
A baby dugong swimming with its parents in Indonesia's Alor archipelago proves that more than a decade of community-led seagrass conservation is working. The rare sighting brings hope for these vulnerable marine mammals, estimated at just 1,000 individuals in Indonesian waters.
Wildlife doesn't recognize borders, and now neither does conservation. Six countries just wrapped up a groundbreaking program that's helping them protect endangered species together—from jaguars crossing Colombia and Panama to rhinos in Chad and South Africa.
India's real estate industry is planting 2 million native trees across 9,000 acres of degraded forest land in the ecologically vital Western Ghats. The project has already restored 3,500 acres and now enters its second phase with 700 more acres planned.
A California nonprofit is helping small community groups succeed where many mangrove restoration projects fail. By providing funding, science support, and storytelling tools, Seatrees has helped plant over 1 million mangroves across four countries while paying local communities for their work.
In Brazil's Amazon, families guarding oxbow lakes to protect giant pirarucu fish are accidentally conserving forests 86 times larger than the waters they patrol. These volunteer protectors work without pay, but their efforts are connecting rivers to forests in ways scientists never expected.
A small community monitoring group in Costa Rica spent nearly a decade patiently tracking and protecting white-lipped peccaries, growing the population sevenfold. Their success story faces new challenges, but authorities are now investigating poachers and ramping up enforcement.