Authors: Francisca Seabra and Rosa Jorba The rise of soybean farming in Santarém, northeastern Brazil, has brought multiple social, environmental, and cultural consequences. From deforestation and mercury contamination to the displacement of Indigenous communities due… Read More »From the Tapajós to the World: Viviane Borari on Protecting the Amazon
Author: Francisca Seabra Chantal Bildeau is a playwright and translator based in New York City, originally from Tiohtiá:ke, who focuses on storytelling and climate crisis. Her series “Artic Cycle” is composed of eight plays located… Read More »“Sila”: The play where the Artic Speaks and Humanity listens
Author: Júlia Fortuny “West Papua Is Not an Empty Land” This article is based on insights shared by Dorthea Wabiser, a young Indigenous researcher at Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat (PUSAKA), who I had the privilege… Read More »“West Papua Is Not an Empty Land”: The Story of a Young Indigenous Activist Defending Her People and Their Forests
Author: Zsófia Rába “My drive to know more about my culture through its cuisine.” – Quentin Glabus Food as a Way of Storytelling Food, beyond its primary purpose of sustenance, is a medium for cultural… Read More »Food as a Bridge: Revitalizing Indigenous Culture Through Cuisine
Author: Francisca Seabra “The Earth is in need of a good lawyer.” – Polly Higgins As the environmental crisis deepens with escalating climate change and biodiversity loss, nations around the world increasingly turn to Ecocide… Read More »Defending the Earth: Advances in the Fight Against Ecocide
Authors: Júlia Fortuny, Zsófia Rába and Francisca Seabra For many marginalized communities, historical trauma is not just a distant memory, but an inherited pain passed down through generations. It’s more than a fact recorded in… Read More »A Legacy of Wounds and Resistance
Author: Júlia Fortuny In this blog post, we want to share the powerful story of Mina Susana Setra, a lawyer and Indigenous Dayak Pompakng activist whose tireless work has inspired us deeply. Her dedication to defending… Read More »Mina Susana Setra – Lawyer and Indigenous Dayak Pompakng activist
Author: Júlia Fortuny COP29 concluded with significant announcements on climate finance and carbon market mechanisms, but the outcomes left many Indigenous Peoples, marginalised communities, and vulnerable nations feeling excluded. While there were advancements in areas… Read More »COP29 Outcomes: Progress and Gaps for Indigenous Peoples and Vulnerable Communities
Author: Zsófia Rába “Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.” Vandana Shiva A Global Struggle for Control Over Food In today’s world, global food production… Read More »UNDROP: A Pathway to Food Sovereignty and Peasant Rights in a Corporate-Dominated World
Authors: Júlia Fortuny, Yasmine Rugarli Referred to as the “People’s COP,” COP16 established a new benchmark in Indigenous inclusion with extensive participation from Indigenous communities, Afro-descendants, women, and youth. Through the Pact for Biodiversity Conservation,… Read More »COP16: Breakthroughs in Indigenous Inclusion & Persistent Challenges in Global Biodiversity Goals