The KMA reserve is inhabited by three of the four peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: the Wiwa people (Malayo or Arzario), Kággaba (Kogui) and Ikᵾ (Arhuaco), with jurisdiction in the departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira. 3,575 indigenous families benefit from the 213 new hectares, which are allocated to cultural and environmental protection and recovery between the upper and lower areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, increasing the area of the reserve to just over 407,839 hectares.
Dibulla, 8 de junio de 2022. @AgenciaTierras @AmazonTeamOrg El acto ceremonial se llevó a cabo en el sitio sagrado Jaba…
Recent momentum toward collective land tenure for Suriname’s afro-descendant groups In the country of Suriname, legislation that has been drafted…
The last country in tropical South America yet to guarantee collective land tenure for its indigenous peoples Recent years have…
April 8, 2022, by María Paula Lizarazo, original article published in El Espectador In 2020, in Colombia, the department of…
Con un convenio que tendrá una duración de tres años las organizaciones se comprometieron a defender los territorios de las comunidades y acompañarlas en los procesos de legalización, ampliación y solución de conflictos en sus tierras.
On December 2, 2020, a species-rich stand of Andes-Amazon rainforest stewarded by indigenous women of ASOMI achieved legal designation as a Civil Society Nature Reserve, “Mamakunapa”.
The Aduche Indigenous Reserve in the Colombian Amazon is Expanded, connecting it to the World’s Largest Rainforest Conservation Corridor
The Matawai Maroons of Suriname—descendants of enslaved Africans who fled into the rainforest over 300 ago, where they have remained ever since— in partnership with ACT, are launching a new interactive Storytelling Map showcasing their centuries-old oral histories about their ancestral lands and culture.