Indigenous communities are the guardians of the forest and the solution to climate action. Across the world, the fight continues.
Do not fall, arise.
The powerful words from a brave leader, Dona Dijé
Known to her community as "Dona Dijé", Maria de Jesus Bringelo was one of the most important national leaders of the women babassu nut breakers movement in Brazil. She fought tirelessly to gain access to the Babassu coconut which the women have harvested for centuries and was instrumental in securing her communities land rights.
She sadly left us on September 14th, 2018. She will always be fondly remembered.
Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro has prompted fresh alarm among environmentalists after stressing that protecting his country’s unique ecosystem has to be consistent with growing the economy.
Presenting an acceptable Brazil to global investors, the president failed to mention measures he has taken that are already fuelling violence in indigenous lands.
Hear from indigenous women just why the recognition of their land and resource rights is so important in a new article from Women Deliver.
Changing diets: Impacts of Palm Oil Plantations on Local Communities
In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, the expansion of oil palm plantations into forests is changing local diets. See the film from our partners at theCenter for International Forestry Research. [9.55]
