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21 April 2025 Ghana
In Ghana’s High Forest Zone, informal sharecropping arrangements between cocoa farmers and landowners lead to misunderstandings, conflict, and a reluctance to invest in climate-smart practices. Tropenbos Ghana is helping to resolve these issues by supporting the formalization of traditional agreements, paving the way for more sustainable and collaborative cocoa farming.
21 April 2025 Ethiopia
In Ethiopia’s Tigray-Afar border region, pressure on natural resources has grown following years of conflict. With support from PENHA, customary leaders known as Abogerebs (“fathers of the trees”) have strengthened their role in peacebuilding and environmental management by involving women and youth in their decision-making.
21 April 2025 DR Congo
In Bafwasende, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leadership conflicts threatened the management of a community forest. Tropenbos DRC initiated a mediation process rooted in customary conflict resolution, rebuilding trust and setting the stage for peaceful and sustainable forest management.
21 April 2025 Colombia
In the remote Solano landscape, tensions between Indigenous and peasant communities over land use have persisted for years. After facilitating intercultural dialogues, Tropenbos Colombia helped implement shared environmental agreements, laying the foundation for peaceful coexistence and showing how collaboration can build resilience and social cohesion.
20 April 2025 Bolivia
In Bolivia’s Monteverde Indigenous Territory, IBIF has supported women’s organizations in gaining influence over territorial planning. Given the historic exclusion of women from decision-making, the process stirred tensions, which IBIF helped navigate through conflict-sensitive approaches.
20 April 2025 Indonesia
Village forests (Hutan Desa) are vital for local livelihoods of communities in West Kalimantan. However, overlapping village forest boundaries have created tensions among the communities of Gema Village, Batu Daya Village, and Mekar Raya Village. Support from Tropenbos Indonesia has prevented these tensions to rise further, by incorporating natural landmarks identified by traditional leaders into official maps.