[Analysis] For 50 years, Mennonite colonies have been systematic agents of deforestation in Latin America, yet policymakers and NGOs rarely engage them.
Timothy J. Killeen argues that civil society must engage these closed communities as partners to transform frontier conservation.
In the global debate over tropical deforestation, the usual cast of villains is well established: agribusiness, global supply chains, cattle ranchers, and governments granting land concessions for…