Category: Voices of Impact

Madagascar’s new law recognizes local organizations. What does that mean in practice?

Marshall Kiganjo October 15, 2026 No Comments

Madagascar’s new law recognizes local organizations. What does that mean in practice? Home > Archive for Voices of Impact In Brief Madagascar marked a major milestone in late 2025, entrusting…

Not a finished story: 45 years of community conservation in Namibia

Marshall Kiganjo September 17, 2026 No Comments

Not a finished story: 45 years of community conservation in Namibia Home > Archive for Voices of Impact Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) model has been hailed as a…

“Why do only the managers get the training?” Building a culture of leadership at Dahari

Marshall Kiganjo June 19, 2026 No Comments

By Hugh Doulton, Effy Vessaz, Misbahou Mohamed — Co-Directors at Dahari“Why do only the managers get the training?

Unlikely ground: Rwanda’s forgotten landscapes are producing its most hopeful restoration stories

Marshall Kiganjo June 19, 2026 No Comments

Bugesera District is not where you’d think to look for a restoration success story. It has no national park, no flagship species, no dramatic tale to draw…

Where law meets the land: making rights real in Liberia’s forests

Marshall Kiganjo June 3, 2026 No Comments

Few people outside West Africa have heard of the Upper Guinean Forest. Fewer still know that Liberia holds nearly half of what remains of it – one of the…

The Work Behind the Work: a Leadership Journey

Marshall Kiganjo May 4, 2026 No Comments

We often measure impact in hectares restored or species protected. But it also shows up in ways that don’t make it into headlines or glossy annual reports.

The Long Run of Restoration

Marshall Kiganjo April 15, 2026 No Comments

Kenfrey Kipchumba grew up close to the Torok River in northwestern Kenya, in the shadow of the vast Cherengani Hills, a region known for producing some of…

A global restoration wave is rising – and Africa is at its heart

Marshall Kiganjo February 23, 2026 No Comments

By Akshay Vishwanath and Peace NganwaWhere there’s a tree, there’s hope. That is the philosophy of the Restoration efforts have increased the area of…

ACADIR: Planting peace in the soil

Marshall Kiganjo February 3, 2026 No Comments

At the southeastern tip of Angola, in the provinces of Cuando and Cubango, the scars of war still marked the land.

The journey to WIOMSA: Shifting power to the people who know the ocean best

Marshall Kiganjo November 27, 2025 No Comments

At most marine science conferences, the people who live closest to the ocean – the fishers, seaweed farmers, and coastal communities – are rarely at the…

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