What can you do or not do in a sacred forest? Many sacred forests have restrictions prohibiting activities and limiting access only to specific communities. Hunting, gathering, wood cutting ...

Land defenders and fire keepers elders are camping outside Lemay Forest in the St. Norbert neighbourhood, protesting the ...

The forest is considered sacred by members of the community. It is here that the community conducts all its rituals hence their keenness on conserving the forest. The woodland means everything to ...

The Mijikenda Kaya Forests consist of 10 separate forest sites spread over some 200 km along the coast containing the remains of numerous fortified villages, known as kayas, of the Mijikenda people.

In Papua, Indonesia, there is a mangrove forest that only women are allowed to enter. It’s a special place where generations of women have gathered clams and shared stories. If men are found ...

In Papua, Indonesia, there is a mangrove forest that only women are allowed to enter. It’s a special place where generations of women have gathered clams and shared stories. If men are found ...

A protected nature reserve spanning 12.5 hectares, the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (also known as Ubud Monkey Forest) is home to more than 1,200 long-tailed macaque monkeys, considered sacred ...

The tree fell in Ubud’s Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary about 12pm Tuesday local time, killing a 32-year-old tourist from France and 42-year-old tourist from South Korea, local media reported.

Others who were present at the last sacrifice offering ceremony are 96-year-old Muchiri wa Njagi, 89-year-old Naaman Kiori and Ndirangu wa Karuga, 84; all members of the Save Karima Sacred Forest ...