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Among the sacred hills of Colombia’s Guainía
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (166+ words) Last month, ahead of Mongabay Latam’s PUMA FEST in Bogotá, I finally had the chance to visit. I traveled with Daniela Quintero Díaz, Mongabay Latam’s investigations editor, and Oilber Díaz, a member of the Puinave people who guided us through…...
How the first published Indigenous ethnobotanist & elders recorded their people’s medicinal knowledge
2+ day, 36+ min ago (1692+ words) CARAMURU/PARAGUASSU INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — Looking at the landscape of dry and cleared mountains around her house, Marta Xavier de Oliveira remembered when it was a forest. “When we got sick, that’s where we got our medicine from,” Oliveira, known…...
Doña Oscarina, master ceramicist, documented Indigenous knowledge along the Tiquié River
1+ week, 3+ day ago (918+ words) Before clay could be taken from the earth, permission had to be sought. “Grandmother, are you there?” the potter would ask. “I am your granddaughter. I have come to find you.” The words were addressed to Di’i Mahso, Grandmother Clay,…...
PUMA FEST and the community Mongabay Latam has helped build
1+ week, 6+ day ago (400+ words) Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. When Mongabay Latam began publishing in 2016, the aim was to establish a sustained environmental news service for Spanish-speaking Latin America. The newsroom would…...
Bill Oddie brought birdwatching into millions of homes
2+ week, 2+ day ago (463+ words) On television, Bill Oddie often seemed to forget the camera. A call came from a hedge, and his attention shifted toward it. He listened, peered through his binoculars, and said what he thought he had heard. Viewers shared the uncertainty,…...
Pat Lowe spent decades describing and defending the Kimberley
2+ week, 4+ day ago (629+ words) She was drawn to subjects that were common and easily overlooked. The same attention led her to boabs, mammals, desert plants, and the pindan woodlands around Broome, where red soil lies beneath pale grasses and scattered trees. Her interest in…...
From Mardi Gras to marsh: Glass Half Full turns party glass into Louisiana coastline
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1743+ words) NEW ORLEANS, U.S. — On a cold Saturday in late January, a parade floats rolls down Royal Street painted with the image of the Louisiana coastline, eroding away. The next float displays Lady Liberty gagged and locked behind a chain-link fence. This…...
Humanity’s ancient bond with biodiversity is visible in rock art (analysis)
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (465+ words) Across continents and cultures, one of the most striking features of ancient rock art is how often it places the natural world at its center. Whether etched into sandstone cliffs in the Sahara, painted in hidden shelters in Southern Africa,…...
What Indigenous youth filmmaking reveals about environmental communication (commentary)
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) A machete is typically an instrument for clearing dense brush or, in a certain kind of movie, for fending off a terrifying monster. Yet, deep in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil’s Bahia state, I learned that a machete is also…...
Ted Turner, a media mogul who tried to repair the land
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (767+ words) Mongabay Ted Turner, a media mogul who tried to repair the land If you liked this story, share it with other people. - Ted Turner built a media empire, then turned much of his wealth and attention toward land, wildlife, clean…...