For Lilia Isolina Java Tapayuri, protecting the pink dolphin is sacred. This is the tenth story in the 'Rainforest Defenders' series, which presents leaders who fight for the conservation of the forests.
For José Gregorio, an indigenous man from the Colombian Amazon region, training young people to fight for the conservation of the rainforests in his community is part of a global struggle to mitigate the climate catastrophe currently unfolding.
This Colombian man has dedicated years to training youth on how to protect the environment. His is the ninth installment in the Rainforest Defenders series.
The Barón de Río Branco megaproject, conceived by Brazil's past military dictatorship and given the go-ahead by the current government, threatens the Brazilian jungle and its Indigenous inhabitants.
This is the sixth story in a series about Indigenous youth in the Amazon fighting to protect their communities.
In Vaupés, in the Colombian Amazon, indigenous people are clinging to their beliefs to protect themselves from mining. A mining licence for coltan has three communities on the edge: leaders are threatened and their right to prior consultation has not been respected.
This is the sixth story in a series about Indigenous youth in the Amazon fighting to protect their communities.
The Chiman people cannot be understood without the context of the fight for self-determination of indigenous communities and their territories in Bolivia.
One cannot imagine the Chiman without their freedom, self-determination, and territory.
This young Brazilian activist fights for a better future in her village in the Brazilian Amazon. Her story is the fourth in the series 'Rainforest Defenders' which presents five activists fighting against environmental destruction and Bolsonaro's government.
As part of our series 'Rainforest Defenders,' we present the stories of five activists fighting to save the Amazon in Brazil. "Tupí," our last chapter, is an indigenous activist fighting to protect human rights in her region.
A young Brazilian activist is responsible for an association of six afro-Brazilian communities that face the threat of environmental destruction. Her story is the third in the "Rainforest Defenders" series, presenting five young leaders fighting to preserve the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
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