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Indigenous students learning to operate equipment at a communications workshop.
Crédito: Courtesy of PCSAN/Daniela Silva
Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food
By Clarinha Glock
The lack of prospects for Ticuna and Kokama indigenous youth in the far northwest of Brazil led to high rates of alcoholism and suicide
Logging is one of the main threats in the southern area of the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve.
Crédito: José Garth Medina/IPS
Indigenous Nicaraguans Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest
By José Adán Silva
Indigenous communities in northern Nicaragua are demanding that the authorities take urgent action to halt the attacks on their lives and territory by illegal invaders.
A Huaorani man armed with traditional spears and his wife and children welcome a group of tourists to the community of Tigüino, located within Yasuní National Park.
Crédito: Eduardo Valenzuela G/IPS
Ecuador’s Indigenous People Still Waiting to Be Consulted
By Ángela Meléndez
A bill addressing prior consultation with indigenous peoples on legislative measures remains tied up in Ecuador’s National Assembly.
A woman prepares corn tortillas on a fuel-efficient wood stove
Crédito: Courtesy of Ecoders
Carbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
By Emilio Godoy
One of the numerous initiatives to promote fuel-efficient, low-carbon wood-fired cookstoves aims to be the second in the world financed with carbon credits.
Jordi Muñoz began building drones as a hobby in 2007 and is now a founding partner of a fast-growing company in the field.
Crédito: Courtesy of Jordi Muñoz
Mexicans Develop Drones for Peace
By Emilio Godoy
Mexican engineers have begun to work on developing unmanned aerial vehicles for scientific and commercial uses.
Genetically modified corn field in Spain.
Crédito: Friends of the Earth
Spain Leads the EU in GM Crops, But No One Knows Where They Are
By Inés Benítez
Spain has more large-scale plantations of genetically modified seeds than any other country in the European Union (EU).
Pukobjê-Gavião community members in the Governador indigenous territory.
Crédito: Gilderlan Rodrigues – Courtesy of CIMI
Indigenous Community Takes Forest Law into Their Own Hands
By Fabíola Ortiz
An indigenous community in Brazil has decided to single-handedly take action against illegal loggers who are moving into their territory in search of highly valued timber.
Coffee cultivation in the forests of Puno, Peru illustrates the displacement of crops by climate change.
Crédito: Milagros Salazar/IPS
Amazon Regional Alliance to Confront the Climate Emergency
By Milagros Salazar
In response to the threats posed by climate change, a new project will encourage the governments of five South American countries to exchange information on the impacts of this global phenomenon on the Amazon region and adopt joint measures to confront them.
Water management is crucial to ensure a sufficient supply for rural communities. Pictured here is a cenote (sinkhole) in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Crédito: Emilio Godoy/IPS
Community Water Management Stuck in Legal Limbo
By Emilio Godoy
Legal recognition is being sought for community- based water services, which supply this vital resource to some 2,500 rural communities in Mexico.
Environmental monitors inspecting an old oil well.
Crédito: Courtesy of Amazon Indigenous Peoples United in Defense of their Territories
Peruvian Indigenous Communities Take Charge of Environmental Monitoring
By Milagros Salazar
They work with the precision of technicians and the enthusiasm of volunteers. They are indigenous inspectors documenting the damages caused by oil industry activity in three river basins in the Peruvian Amazon region.
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