In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from …
2023年12月4日 · The Juma Indigenous Territory, roughly the size of Las Vegas, is covered by old-growth Amazon rainforest. A top priority is to protect their territory, located in the south of Amazonas state, a hotspot of land-grabbing and illegal deforestation. Mandeí fears they could be invaded the same way as the Uru-eu-wao-wao village where she grew up.
Indigenous Women: Keepers of the Amazon Rainforest - The Nature Conservancy
2019年8月3日 · Indigenous women are the leaders of a promise to future generations. Mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers—all women in the community—share an important …
An Amazonian tribe was near extinction. Here’s how its women …
2023年12月4日 · Under the women's leadership, they have grown their tribe from three to 24, seemingly beating the odds of extinction. At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest...
‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: …
2024年10月7日 · The new book Seremos Jaguares (We Will Be Jaguars) by Indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo is the memoir of a woman who fought against large oil companies to preserve her people’s land and ...
Jungle Mothers: Indigenous Women in the Amazon Are Frontline …
2023年9月4日 · Ecuador has just made a historic decision on oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park, a center of biodiversity in its Amazon forest. The protection of these territories demonstrates the growing leadership of Indigenous women, who face multiple threats as a result: At least 31 acts of violence against human rights and nature defenders were ...
Amazon - Women for Forests | WECAN International
Recognizing the urgent need to protect the Amazon Rainforest from deforestation and extractive industries, Indigenous women are taking proactive measures to defend their homelands, supported by the vision of the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) Declaration, which emphasizes the importance of maintaining a relationship based on respect and ...
Meet Seven Indigenous Women Fighting for their ... - Amazon …
Across the Amazon, Indigenous women are fighting to protect their cultures, lands and lives. Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the power of Indigenous women as powerful leaders in building just and sustainable solutions to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and we invite you to get to know seven inspiring ...
Women of the Amazon - HUMANITY Magazine
2019年9月30日 · But indigenous women are far from powerless. From the deep forest, a movement of women has arisen and they are taking matters into their own hands. They are demanding an end to extractivism and are forcing the government to act immediately to protect indigenous peoples and their territories.
Indigenous Women Put Their Bodies On the Line to Defend the Amazon
2024年12月12日 · In the Amazon rainforest, women are raising their voices to fight against the violence linked to resource extraction. Extractivism threatens women’s health, their homes, their lives, and the lives of their families.
Amazon’s guardians: Women pioneering forest conversation in …
In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, amid a mosaic of rural landscapes and local realities, women emerge as the guardians protecting forests, rivers, and territories. Their wisdom and labor, whether borne from Indigenous or quilombola heritage, riparian legacy or agrarian work, weave a delicate web of conservation knowledge.