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Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical South America, form a rounded crown on its head from which its oval-shaped...

Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably

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What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon? This is part three of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Read part one here and part two here. Part four and five are coming soon. Indigeno...

What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon?

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Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature PANCE, Colombia — Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave their fertile land in Toribío, in Colombia’s southwestern...

Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

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Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change CHINCHINA, Colombia — “Before, the seasons seemed etched into the calendar, with well-defined periods of drought and rain. Today, the climate has gone completely mad!” says coffee grower Oscar Gomez f...

Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change

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Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation “They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group that had just contacted non-Indigenous society in th...

Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation

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More Indigenous peoples request consultation as controversial road paves through Peru’s Amazon An ongoing federal highway project that will cross through protected areas and Indigenous lands in Peru’s Amazon is facing mounting concerns by Indigenous leaders and legal experts. Meant to help tran...

More Indigenous peoples request consultation as the controversial Bellavista-Mazán-Salvador-El Estrecho highway paves through Peru’s Amazon

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Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Indigenous territory sees success, but fears remain This is part one of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Part two, three, four and five are coming soon. In Brazil’s Amazon, an operation to ...

Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Indigenous territory sees success, but fears remain

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The environmental toll of the M23 conflict in eastern DRC (Analysis) The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The humanitarian crisis—millions displaced, thous...

Breakdown of the environmental toll of the M23 conflict in eastern DRC (Analysis)

Fergus Simpson, Lara Collart and Joe Masselink share their deep analysis with @mongabay.bsky.social

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Indigenous leaders optimistic after resumed U.N. biodiversity conference in Rome Indigenous peoples and local communities scored perhaps the most tangible progress as the 16th United Nations, or COP16 concluded after three days of final negotiations in Rome on Feb. 28, 2025. This ...

Indigenous leaders optimistic after resumed U.N. biodiversity conference in Rome

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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC LUBUMBASHI — When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tanganyika provinc...

Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC

— but solutions to increase solar power access exist 👇

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Yet another abandoned mine erodes — this time, in a Panamanian protected area Ever since the Cobre Panamá mine was forced to shut down in 2023, the copper mine’s infrastructure has been eroding away in a biodiverse jungle on Panama’s Atlantic coast — a situation researchers say...

Ever since the Cobre Panamá mine was forced to shut down in 2023, the copper mine’s infrastructure has been eroding away in a biodiverse jungle on Panama’s Atlantic coast — a situation researchers say is all too common.

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Pause to USAID already having impacts on community conservation in the Amazon A wide range of sustainability, health and environmental programs in the Amazon Rainforest are at stake after the U.S. government announced a 90-day pause on all foreign aid funding, including from US...

Pause to USAID already having impacts on community conservation in the Amazon

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In Canada, Indigenous communities and scientists collaborate on marine research COLCHESTER COUNTY, Canada — Standing on the snow-covered banks of the Shubenacadie River in Canada’s eastern province, Nova Scotia, Alanna Sylbiloy tosses a wire trap into the icy water flowing past, ...

Love to see 'two-eyed seeing' in the news lately re: new applications for #conservation & #science

➡️ It's the use of both Western & #Indigenous knowledge to study the world

We've been reporting on it for years via @latoyaabulu.bsky.social's great Indigenous news desk at @mongabay.bsky.social like:

Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities “Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general coordinator of the Indigenous rights NGO ADELIPO-Congo. For several months...

Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities

They are among the few to denounce illegal extractive activities and protect natural resources in the mineral-rich region.

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What does an NGO do when its funds are tied to human rights abuses? Interview with John Knox International organizations and government agencies providing funds to support conservation have at times found that their money has been tied to human rights abuses. This can include armed eco-guards...

Latoya Abulu at @mongabay.bsky.social asked me some very thoughtful questions about the human rights responsibilities of conservation organizations when abuses occur in parks that it funds. Here's the interview: news.mongabay.com/2025/01/what...