Amazonian Region News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A meeting with shamans in Colombia allows El Espectador's Pablo Correa to experience an "indescribable" ritual.

  Experts gather to help the country’s readiness for the 15th Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity.   To support Peru’s preparations, on 30 June 2021, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) organised a virtual meeting, Stakeholders Meeting Trees on Farms: Presentation of Progress 2020–2021, within the framework of the Harnessing the Potential of Trees on Farms for Meeting National and Global Biodiversity Targets project, known as Trees on Farms for Biodiversity or, simply, Trees on Farms, which is funded by the International Climate Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for th...

Intersectional Environmentalism Is the Urgent Way Forward Leah Thomas, founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist platform, on how BIPOC voices in the sustainability movement have been silenced—but lifting up those voices is the only way to protect people and the planet. By Leah Thomas Getty/ Morgan McMullen In 2017, I was the only Black person in my graduating class to receive an environmental science degree. At times, I felt the pressure to silence parts of my racial identity. Because of the lack of representation in my studies and even in my textbooks (despite the many voice...