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Indigenous Communities Using Technology to Monitor Illegal Logging in the Amazon

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A growing number of Indigenous communities in Central and South America are harnessing the power of high-resolution satellite imagery, sophisticated drone equipment, and the latest smart-phone technology to precisely document and act on threats to their lands such as fires, gold-mining, logging, and deforestation for agriculture.

But it’s not without its risks: community forest monitors have had their lives threatened.

Rainforest Alert explores the groundbreaking research linking community-based monitoring and forest protection from the Eden de la Frontera community in the Peruvian Amazon.

Early results show a “measurable reduction of deforestation”. Find out more about the study: https://rainforestfoundation.org.

Project run by Rainforest Foundation US, The Indigenous Organization of the Eastern Peruvian Amazon (ORPIO-AIDESEP) and World Resources Institute.

Youth & Climate: First Foods and the Fight to Protect Indigenous Lands

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“These lands have been here longer than humans have. They need a voice – and to share my voice on behalf of the mountains, the forests and the rivers is an honor and a privilege.”

Meet Katherine, an indigenous (Nimiipuu, Liksiyu, Numu) young person from Oregon who is using her voice to to raise awareness around the protection of First Foods and indigenous lands from the impacts of climate change.

Climate change could alter the growing conditions for First Foods, traditional roots and berries. Scientists project that air temperatures in the Pacific Northwest will increase 3°F by the 2040s, and even relatively small increases in temperature can alter conditions that sustain life. With temperatures changing too quickly for native plants to adapt, their range may shift north or to higher elevations for cooler temperatures. Some may become extinct.

Katherine currently works with the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network – International to help lift and empower women’s voices in the climate movement.

Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives

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For the last three years, IEN has organized walks in solidarity with other efforts on February 14th to honor our Missing and Murdered Indigenous relatives. In some Native communities, the murder rate for indigenous women is more than ten times the national average. Since the time of contact, our bodies have been trespassed upon as they trespass our homelands and waters.

Watch the video below created for IEN by filmmaker Jason Ewert to learn why we wear red.