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Latoya Abulu is an editor at Mongabay covering Indigenous news, nature-based solutions to climate change and stories about high conservation value ecosystems. You can reach her on Twitter @LatoyaAbulu

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After crackdown on illegal miners, Indigenous Munduruku still grapple with health aftermath

Methods to recognize the Amazon’s isolated peoples: Interview with Antenor Vaz

In a big win, Yurok Nation reclaims vital creek and watershed to restore major salmon run

Villagers in Sumatra bring ancient forest flavors back to the table

USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area

Manage people more and bears less, say Indigenous elders in world’s ‘polar bear capital’

Future of Mexican communal land in limbo as mining company overstays agreement

Community conservancies in Kyrgyzstan see conservation success against illegal hunting

From chickens to cassava, Brazil’s Munduruku seek alternatives to mining

Bolivia expels members of fake nation Kailasa over Indigenous land lease scandal

13 years after deadly attack, an okapi returns to Epulu in DRC reserve

‘We can’t talk solutions without understanding complexities: Kari Guajajara on Brazil’s Amazon

At the U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous peoples

Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts

Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

Indigenous youth at the U.N. share environmental setbacks and solutions

‘Colombia’s Amazon peoples provide solutions’: Interview with José Homero Mutumbajoy

The latest issues in Peru’s Amazon: Interview with Indigenous leader Julio Cusurichi

Poaching intensifies in M23-occupied areas of Virunga National Park

In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha valley, communities share how to reduce lithium mining impacts

‘We belong to one ocean’: Indigenous leaders push for seat at the table of high seas biodiversity treaty

Indigenous delegates at the U.N. raise alarm on isolated peoples in the Amazon

Indigenous nations fought for a new national monument. Will it survive Trump?

The 2025 U.N. Forum on Indigenous Issues starts today with hopes and concerns on the agenda

Ecuador communities resist Canada-backed gold mine in sacred highlands

Still no trial over Argentina cyanide mine spill, 7 years after officials were charged

Indigenous aguaje tree climbers bring down profits in Peru’s Amazon — sustainably

Photos: The volunteers standing guard at one of Nepal’s human-wildlife frontiers

What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon?

Colombian farmers switch from coffee to cacao as temperature and prices soar

Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature

Colombia’s coffee farmers try to balance innovation and tradition to adapt to climate change

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