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Adiela Jineth Mera Paz wakes up every morning with only one thing on her mind – protecting her land in Puerto Asis, Putumayo, on the Colombia-Ecuador border. However, this is not an easy task. Along with 44 other volunteers from the Cuiracua Mai Yija, the Indigenous Guard, she is responsible for looking after 4,500 hectares […] ....
In 1975, Swiss anthropologist Jürg Ulrich Gasché emerged from the Colombian Amazon with an ancient indigenous percussion instrument called Yadiko; a trunk of 14 metres long to be played during a main ritual dance of the Murui Nation. As the tradition of the dance is fading, indigenous researcher Aimema Urue followed the path of the lost Yadiko and found. <a class="view-article" href="https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/colombia/yadiko-the-dance-of-unity-an-interview-with-diana-rico-and-richard-decaillet-65274/">Read Article</a> ....
Inset map below Historical Distribution of Jaguar, Panthera.org; World Terrestrial Ecoregions, WWF 2012; World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) 2018. 1 MISIONES - UPPER PARANÁ Due to widespread deforestation, the Atlantic Forest’s jaguars now exist in a few isolated subpopulations. WWF is striving to boost jaguar numbers by reducing conflicts between jaguars and local people while conserving native habitats and preventing poaching. Jaguar corridor SOUTHERN GUIANAS This lushly forested landscape is home to thousands of jaguars. While it’s experienced relatively low rates of deforestation, gold mining and expanding agriculture have driven a recent rise in the loss and fragmentation of jaguar habitats. In Suriname and French Guiana, jaguars are also threatened by the illegal trade in jaguar parts, especially in mining and logging areas. ....