Maya Thatcher

ABOUT THE WRITER
Maya Thatcher began her professional life working as a newswire journalist in London, at Reuters News and Platts before moving to Indonesia in early 2011. Here, she used her passion for the environment and development to shift careers to the non-profit sector. She has a master's degree in conflict and development studies and Bachelors in modern history and politics, both from the University of London.
BY THIS WRITER
News - 20 Sep 2012
Locals need land titles before development funds can ease rural poverty in Vietnam
In Vietnam, ecosystem payments are often unevenly distributed, resulting in the dominance of the local elite.
News - 20 Sep 2012
Locals need land titles before development funds can ease rural poverty in Vietnam
11 Sep 2012
Populations pressure Vietnam’s protected parks
JEJU, South Korea (11 September, 2012)_Growing populations in the Lower Mekong region of Vietnam could undermine sustainable conservation efforts unless...
11 Sep 2012
Populations pressure Vietnam’s protected parks
News - 22 Aug 2012
Greater awareness needed to dispel REDD+ myths
The basic question for local communities - ‘what are we consenting to?’ - is still unanswered.
News - 22 Aug 2012
Greater awareness needed to dispel REDD+ myths
News - 27 Jul 2012
Boosting Indonesia’s wetlands science is key to tackling climate change
Wetlands contain more carbon than any other forest, and they're under threat.
News - 27 Jul 2012
Boosting Indonesia’s wetlands science is key to tackling climate change
16 Apr 2012
Keeping cultures alive: How cooking and singing can save the Amazon forest
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 April 2012)_Scientists are hoping to strike a cultural chord with Amazonian forest communities by combining in-depth research with...
16 Apr 2012
Keeping cultures alive: How cooking and singing can save the Amazon forest
9 Apr 2012
Costa Rican farmers beat climate change by protecting their soil
Farmers toiling the slopes of Costa Rica’s Irazu volcano are using electric fences, improved pastures and practising ‘contour farming’ -- planting...
9 Apr 2012
Costa Rican farmers beat climate change by protecting their soil
28 Mar 2012
Crippling bureaucracy keeps Congo’s chainsaw millers in legal quagmire
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 March 2012)_Small-scale chainsaw millers in the Republic of Congo risk losing their livelihoods as crippling bureaucracy makes sawyers...
28 Mar 2012
Crippling bureaucracy keeps Congo’s chainsaw millers in legal quagmire
News - 29 Feb 2012
Indonesian communities coping with crisis depend on forests
Forests become 'a lifeline' in the wake of natural disasters.
News - 29 Feb 2012
Indonesian communities coping with crisis depend on forests