BAKU, Azerbaijan — They share stories of rising seas, burning trees, contaminated water and disease. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Flora Vano, 39 Indigenous community: Melenasian Location: Port Vila, Vanuatu “Sea level rise is eating us up. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Puyr dos …
Meet the all-female patrol guarding Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest Ana Maria Buitron The Yuturi Warmi, an Ecuadorian patrol group, has vowed to protect their community's land in the Amazon Rainforest from the pollution of extractive industries – and their efforts appear to be working. The women of Yuturi Warmi's position is to "stand on the frontlines, embodying the resilience, determination, and …
LIMA, Peru — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. “There were many shots fired.” The boat carried six people, said Kevin Inuma, including his mother, brother, sister and uncles. “They’ve tried to kill him several times, with beatings and now …
A landmark ruling that an Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon could reclaim ancestral rainforests has been set aside by an appeals court in a move some legal experts called irregular. He said the court was “trying to weigh in on the substance of the matter when it hasn’t reviewed anything of substance, only the procedure.” Juan Carlos Díaz, also …
SAN MARTIN, Peru — Rolando Zumba, a gentle 59-year-old, wept, though the moment he described took place many years ago. “You can’t live off words.” A group of men pass in front of a sign for the Cordillera Azul National Park in the Peru Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A river flows near the Chazuta community with the Cordillera Azul …
