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March 30, 2020 | Mongabay
Coconut Farmers in Southeast Asia Struggle as Palm Oil Muscles in on Them
As the palm oil industry expands, coconut farmers are struggling to adapt.
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January 06, 2020 | Mongabay
Women of the Xingu Unite Against Threats From Bolsonaro's Government (Portuguese)
Feeling threatened by the Bolsonaro government's policies, Xingu women decided to stop denying themselves the right to occupy spaces of power along with men.
October 28, 2019 | Mongabay
Unstoppable Rivers: Bhutan’s Quest for Energy Security and Development in a Changing Climate
Hydropower is Bhutan's only electricity source, yet climate change is threatening its future. As India seeks increasingly more of Bhutan's hydropower, Bhutan must re-evaluate its own energy security.
October 02, 2019 | Mongabay
Manila’s Informal Settlers Face Relocation in Exchange for Clean Bay
As the Philippine government starts relocating over 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, some residents worry about their impending displacement—unsure of their family's future.
August 06, 2019 | Mongabay
Amazon Indigenous Groups Feel Deserted by Brazil’s Public Health Service
The Bolsonaro administration made dramatic changes to a program that brought doctors to Brazil's Indigenous communities, depriving them of much-needed medical care.
August 05, 2019 | Mongabay, PeruNews.com
The Wampis: First Indigenous Autonomous Government in Peru Fights Back Against Deforestation (Spanish)
The Wampis Nation is made up of thousands of people whose ancestors have lived in the Amazon rainforest in the north of Peru for centuries. Increasing raids from loggers, miners, and those searching for fossil fuels, in addition to political changes that favor industrial exploitation of natural resources, have left the Wampis more and more worried about the future of their home.
June 12, 2019 | GK, Mongabay, Q'hubo Cali, ColombiaCheck
The Face of the Resistance (Spanish)
The leader of Sarayaku, a Kichwa town in Ecuador, has fought oil companies that want to break into their territory for more than twenty years. For her struggle, she has been tried, slandered, and threatened with death. Who is afraid of Patricia Gualinga?
June 11, 2019 | Mongabay
The Sateré-Mawé Move to Reclaim Amazon Ancestral Lands from Invaders
The indigenous group is re-occupying its ancestral lands on Brazil’s Mariaquã River, but an outsider is trying to appropriate those lands by likely fraudulent means, inviting conflict.
June 06, 2019 | Mongabay
Congo’s Hidden Crisis: Snakebites and Envenomation
Tropical climates are home to the world’s most venomous snakes, meaning that it is often the most economically isolated and physically remote communities that are at risk of bites.
May 22, 2019 | Mongabay
Against the Ruralist Onslaught, the Sateré-Mawé Defend Their Territory and Culture (Portuguese)
The Sateré-Mawé people, on the border between Amazonas and Pará states, have endured long conflicts with mining companies and land thieves. The Sateré and indigenous groups throughout Brazil now face new threats stemming from the Bolsonaro government's pro-ruralist policies.
May 08, 2019 | Mongabay
Brazil: The Invasion of Indigenous Territories in Rondón Continue (Spanish)
Indigenous people are under siege in Rondonia, the Brazilian state to the northeast border of Bolivia.
April 25, 2019 | Mongabay
Stinging Ants: Amazon Indigenous Group Girds Itself to Hold Ancestral Lands
To steel themselves against the challenges posed by illegal loggers, land grabbers, and anti-indigenous policies, and to create unity among their tribal groups, Sateré young men participate in a ritual known as Waumat—the painful bites of stinging ants.