When Shelanyili boldly banned bushfires outright it sparked conflicts and forced both the community and their neighbors to reckon with both protecting tradition while adapting to climate change.

Trees are the looming lifelines of our planet, and their roots run deep in rural Uganda. But in Morungatuny burning them for charcoal was the main economic driver of the economy. And trees were needed for firewood for cooking and building. The rates of consumption soon outpaced the availability of trees. This resulted in extra difficulties faced by women, from the long distances they had to travel for firewood, to higher rates of domestic violence caused by economic stress. So the...

Not long ago, Kikandwa, Uganda, was considering cutting down the 100-year-old mango tree in the centre of town. What happened instead was the exact opposite.

We talk a lot about Nature-based Solutions on Nature Answers. But what are they actually? What makes a Nature-based Solution a nature-based solution? What does it mean to have both human and ecological benefits? And why are they so important anyways?

What can you do when the resources that pay you stop growing back? Mangrove rehabilitation is providing a path to a secure environmental and economic future for community members in Agbledomi, Ghana.

The Artwotngo community in Uganda worked hard to revamp their environment after a civil war. Now an aquaculture system is helping them go further.

In northern Ghana a mango plantation is growing a future for the community of Gagbiri – one with a thriving economy, that provides for its women and youth, and that protects them from a changing climate.

Two innovative communities in Ghana have found creative solutions to the challenges posed by a lack of reliable water access. How? Trees!

These are the people learning from nature about how to protect nature. Season one of Nature Answers explores hopeful stories from people on the front lines of climate change who are making a difference in their own communities.