To the cartographers of the modern conservation world, the forests of northeastern Gabon can appear almost empty. Satellite ...

This REDD+ Inspiring Practice highlights the participatory land use planning and mapping that is building REDD+ readiness and strengthening land tenure among local and indigenous communities in ...

This piece originally appeared on The City Fix. Urban planners, designers and architects have their work cut out for them. The rate of urbanization around the world means that we have to reconfigure ...

Environmental justice movements increasingly rely on geospatial technologies to document inequality, visualize environmental risks, and support policy advocacy. By combining participatory mapping, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study on Indigenous lands in Panama reinforces the understanding that native people are far better stewards of their ...

When Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim was growing up in the 1980s, along the shores of Lake Chad, she was dazzled by her elder’s knowledge of the land. “Reading the clouds, listening to the wind, they could ...

Smith, Derek A., Ibáñez, Alicia, and Herrera, Francisco. 2017. "The Importance of Context: Assessing the Benefits and Limitations of Participatory Mapping for Empowering Indigenous Communities in the ...

How can we provide more just and equitable cultural resources in our community? In this project, Community Engagement, Design and Research (CEDaR) teams up with the Antiracism in the Arts Initiative ...