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Study Finds High Levels of Mercury in Hair Samples From Indigenous Women in Peru and Nicaragua
Small-scale gold mining in the area releases mercury into the environment, where it can make its way into fish and, in turn, ...
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The queuña forests in Peru, once covering vast stretches of the ...
When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern California, her familial traditions were lost in a confusion of cultures. Native American communities pass down traditions through the matrilineal line, ...
Kichwa, Ticuna and Matsés women are leading forest patrols and training other women in the use of technology such as GPS, drones and satellite alerts. They are protecting the forest not only as an ...
In this undated photo provided by the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Amazon, a home belonging to an uncontacted Indigenous group is visible in the Loreto region of the Peruvian ...
Voice quivering with emotion Saturday night, Fort Peck tribal member John Pipe thanked the woman who saved his life when he was 6 years old - Anne Standing Woman Hancock. "She was the one who ...
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