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LatoyaAbulu
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Editor and journalist at Mongabay
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Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably

@aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social
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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...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon?

@aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social

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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...
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April 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

Anna Abraham and Tony Kirby report for @mongabay.bsky.social
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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...
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April 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change

Victor Raison reports for @mongabay.bsky.social
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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...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation

@nandawenzel.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social

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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...
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March 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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More Indigenous peoples request consultation as the controversial Bellavista-Mazán-Salvador-El Estrecho highway paves through Peru’s Amazon

@aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social
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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...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Indigenous territory sees success, but fears remain

@aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social
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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 ...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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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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...
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March 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Indigenous leaders optimistic after resumed U.N. biodiversity conference in Rome

@justincatalano.bsky.social reports for @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 ...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC

— but solutions to increase solar power access exist 👇

@mongabay.bsky.social reports
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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...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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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.

🔗 New for @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/yet-...
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...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Pause to USAID already having impacts on community conservation in the Amazon

@aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.bsky.social

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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...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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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:
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, ...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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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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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...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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...
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...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM