Case Studies

Khau Ca Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey Project, Northern Vietnam

The project that cost $20,000 a year and actually worked

A critically endangered primate population recovered from 50 to more than 160 for $20,000 a year, because the project was built around governance the community already had.

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Sankuyo Community Concession, Botswana

The concession that worked on paper

Revenue flowed, training was delivered, and every indicator looked good, but decision-making authority sat with the safari company, not the community whose land it was.

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Northern Mozambique REDD+ Project

The project that did everything right and still failed

Nearly $150 million committed, rigorous carbon baselines, and genuine community engagement across 2.4 million hectares in northern Mozambique, but a single act of political corruption stopped the project cold.

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Cu Lau Cham Marine Protected Area, Central Vietnam

A marine protected area that got the science right and the governance backwards

Rigorous science, sound boundaries, and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation, but the communities who depend on the ecosystem didn't write the rules governing it.

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