For ethnic minority communities living on the Dong Van rocky plateau in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam, life has always been shaped by the harshness of nature. With steep slopes, rocky terrain, and extreme weather, farming and earning a stable income can be incredibly difficult. For women like Mua Thi Dinh, Deputy Head of the Ha […]
It began when a shared desire to develop the potential of Ujung Kulon’s forest honey, a non-timber forest product (NTFP), that Hanjuang Cooperative’s efforts started to enhance community business and achieve welfare for the forest village community in Ujung Kulon. For the first time in 2006, the Ujung Kulon community advocated for an agrarian conflict […]
In Ujung Kulon National Park, Banten province, Indonesia, farmers are increasingly feeling the impacts of climate change. Longer and harsher dry seasons make it difficult to grow staple crops such as rice. During these months, many families rely on harvesting wild forest honey as an important source of income. “During the dry season, we cannot […]