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Grael Bomowey poses with a fruiting butternut squash grown by her neighbor after receiving a seed from her collection. Image by Laurie Mae Gucilatar.

For drought relief, Cordilleran women in the Philippines rely on seed saving

Mavic Conde 17 May 2024
A Dayak Pitap woman.

On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 15 May 2024

‘Our life support system is at risk’: Interview with ‘Her Deepness’ Sylvia Earle

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 May 2024

Etelvina Ramos: From coca farmer to opponent of the illegal crop

Diana María Pachón 26 Apr 2024
Silvia Vetancourt holds out a coin purse she is crocheting from cabuya fiber on the path to Plaza Gutierrez, Ecuador. Photo by Liz Kimbrough.

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley

Liz Kimbrough 25 Apr 2024

Ecuador’s first Indigenous guard led by Kichwa women: Interview with María José Andrade Cerda

Astrid Arellano 23 Apr 2024

Between Brazil’s Caatinga & Cerrado, communities profit from native fruits

Sibélia Zanon 12 Apr 2024

A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt

Peter Speetjens 10 Apr 2024
Alis Ramírez: The defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Alis Ramírez: A defender of the Colombian Amazon now living as a refugee in New Zealand

Laila Abu Shihab Vergara 8 Apr 2024

Maydany Salcedo: the environmental defender who catches the ire of armed groups

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 1 Apr 2024
A hanging bridge in a forest in Malaysia.

Culture of harassment persists for women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space

Hướng Thiện 19 Mar 2024

Soraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains

Natalia Pedraza Bravo 19 Mar 2024
A woman from the Moa community drying cocoa.

Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout

Sarjan Lahay 18 Mar 2024

Indigenous women filmmakers form collective, using cameras to fight for rights

Matheus Lopes Quirino 23 Jan 2024
A woman prepares a field for paddy farming after harvesting foxtail millet.

Indigenous Gurung farmers revive climate-resilient millet in Nepal

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 1 Jan 2024
Indigenous elder of the Pataxó tribe in Brazil. Photo credit: Brastock Images. Licensed via Adobe Photo Stock

2023’s top 10 Indigenous news stories (commentary)

Joan Carling, Joseph Itongwa, Juan Carlos Jintiach 28 Dec 2023
Women in Kodalpalli village in Odisha's Nayagarh district take the lead in forest management and patrols.

Can India’s Forest Rights Act deliver? Odisha state is trying to find out

Malavika Vyawahare 20 Nov 2023
A volunteer firefighter from the Power of Mama group.

In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew

Mongabay Haze Beat 10 Nov 2023

Amazon women create sweet business success with wild, vitamin-C packed fruit

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 9 Nov 2023

Brazil’s Indigenous women march again for the rights of their people and lives

Inaê Guion 5 Oct 2023

Fisherwomen fight plan for coastal salt farms on Indonesia’s Madura Island

Moh. Tamimi 22 Sep 2023
Fetiya Ousman on a patrol.

Balancing elephant conservation and community needs: Q&A with award-winning ranger Fetiya Ousman

Solomon Yimer 8 Sep 2023

Niéde Guidon’s 50-year fight to protect Serra da Capivara, the Americas’ largest prehistoric site

Matheus Lopes Quirino 15 Aug 2023
Global map of the oceans including elevation. Image courtesy of Esri.

To protect the oceans, we must map them (commentary)

Dawn Wright 10 Aug 2023
Monica Medina in the Democratic Republic of Congo traveling before she arrived at WCS. Photo credit: Justin Kenney

‘We must never assume that a healthy planet is automatic’ says WCS’s new CEO Monica Medina

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jul 2023

The biologist working to save Peru’s yellow-tailed monkey: Q&A with Fanny Cornejo

Astrid Arellano 7 Jul 2023

Munduruku Collective interviews Maria Leusa on leading the Indigenous struggle

Fernando Martinho and Coletivo Audiovisual Wakoborũn 28 Jun 2023
Immaculée Nyirahabimana, a farmer from Rwanda.

Women decision-makers can improve conservation and agriculture, study shows

Abdulkareem Mojeed 25 May 2023

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Elodie Toto 10 May 2023

After Bruno Pereira’s murder, widow Beatriz Matos strives for Indigenous rights

Carolina Conti 1 May 2023
Tulshi Laxmi Suwal.

Nepali pangolin conservationist Tulshi Suwal among winners of Whitley Awards

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Apr 2023
Lilia Java at Lake Tarapoto.

Indigenous women in Colombia protect rich Amazonian wetland from overfishing

Astrid Arellano 20 Apr 2023

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