We collaborate with indigenous and other local communities to co-create and realize new methods of conservation that honor the interdependent relationship of the forest and its peoples — and protect both.
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Lands of Freedom
The oral history and cultural heritage of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname
The Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes
Explore magical landscapes and indigenous cultures of the Amazon.
Legalization of Indigenous Territories in Colombia
Advances in the Consolidation of Biocultural Corridors.
Amazon Gold Rush: Gold Mining in Suriname
Learn about impacts of Suriname's primary driver of deforestation.
Biocultural restoration at Jaba Tañiwashkaka
A Kogui sacred site Many know the Kogui indigenous people of Colombia for their worldview: the Sierra Nevada de Santa ...
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