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A new partnership between Switzerland and Brazil is offering funding and mentorship to startups creating sustainable solutions for the Amazon rainforest. The program connects European innovation with local knowledge to tackle climate change while boosting the region's economy.
Mongabay Latam has spent a decade building a regional network that combines satellite technology with on-the-ground reporting to expose illegal mining, deforestation, and wildlife trafficking across Latin America. Managing editor Alexa Vélez reveals how environmental journalism evolved from eyewitness accounts to high-tech investigations that cross borders and hold criminals accountable.
Demand for cowboy boots made from giant pirarucu fish skin is helping Brazilian communities protect the endangered Amazon species. The sustainable leather trade funds local patrols that keep poachers away while giving fishers income from conservation.
Scientists recorded the entire breeding cycle of wild macaws using a single camera trap in Peru's rainforest. The footage reveals how artificial nest boxes could help save these stunning birds as their natural homes disappear.
Over 120 Indigenous protesters have occupied a Brazilian government building for more than 20 days to stop a massive gold mine that threatens their sacred river. Led by Indigenous women, they're fighting to protect the Xingu River for future generations.
The Macaquiño people of Colombia's Amazon are working to preserve ancestral fishing knowledge that has sustained their community for generations. As modern gear replaces handcrafted traps, elders fear losing traditional techniques that protect both fish populations and cultural heritage.
In Brazil's Amazon, families guarding oxbow lakes to protect giant pirarucu fish are accidentally conserving forests 86 times larger than the waters they patrol. These volunteer protectors work without pay, but their efforts are connecting rivers to forests in ways scientists never expected.