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"We Are the People of the River"

Morgan Sjogren

May 23, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe, United States, Arizona

By strategically restoring native riparian plants, removing invasive species, and implementing efficient water management practices, the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has successfully revitalized ecosystem health and cultural traditions along the Colorado River.

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Las voces que faltan

Diana Anzora, Lisbeth Ayala

May 21, 2025 |

Revista Elementos |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: El Salvador

Lideresas indígenas—desde sus comunidades: los pueblos Lenca, Kakawira y Nahua-Pipil—decidieron organizarse y crear el Observatorio Nacional Sijsihuat Mejmetzaly, donde están aprendiendo a levantar datos desde sus propias realidades. Juntos, por la primera vez, han comenzado a nombrar las múltiples violencias que atraviesan a las mujeres indígenas en El Salvador.

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Out of the Wild: How A.I. Is Transforming Conservation Science

Jim Robbins

May 19, 2025 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada

Using artificial intelligence, scientists and conservationists can rapidly analyze vast environmental data sets—from audio recordings of nocturnal birds to millions of camera trap images—which has led to quicker and more efficient wildlife monitoring and decision-making, while also growing concern about ecological knowledge biases and decreased field engagement.

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Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai's endangered primates

Ana Norman Bermúdez

May 15, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Indonesia, West Sumatra

An Indigenous-led grassroots organization, Malinggai Uma Tradisional Mentawai, works to protect endangered primates in Indonesia's Mentawai Islands by reviving traditional hunting practices, forest patrols, and conservation education; initial qualitative evidence suggests incremental community mindset shifts, though broader systemic impacts remain limited by socioeconomic challenges.

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Ditch Democracy: Northern New Mexico's Acequia Culture

Ilana Newman

May 14, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

An acequia irrigation system depends on an indigenous coordinated community governance designed to sustainably manage water for agriculture and daily life. Via democratic control, shared participation in annual cleaning, Mayordomo authority, and cooperative decision-making, the system fosters community cohesion and ecological sustainability.

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Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Samuel Gilbert

May 12, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

Oatman Flats Ranch has implemented regenerative organic farming practices—including cover cropping, drought-tolerant crops, indigenous agricultural knowledge, and rotational grazing—to successfully restore degraded desert farmland, significantly improving soil health, biodiversity, and water conservation in a climate-stressed region.

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From privilege to subjectivity: reflecting on masculinities to improve gender equity

Soledad Bavio

May 05, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Program H is a group educational methodology that works with young men through participatory workshops, role-playing, and debates to reflect on toxic masculinities and promote more equitable attitudes toward gender. It has been implemented in more than 30 countries since 2002, successfully facilitated by males who act as gender equity role models. This story is available in Spanish here: https://solu.news/24kd

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In Mexico's ‘Avocado Belt,' Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

Fred Pearce, Agustín del Castillo

May 02, 2025 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Michoacán

Indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico, have implemented traditional collective land management and community-driven governance strategies to sustainably cultivate avocados, successfully protecting local forests and biodiversity, empowering local economies, and resisting cartel violence.

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Del privilegio a la subjetividad: cómo abordar las masculinidades lejos del punitivismo y con foco en la reflexión

Soledad Bavio

May 01, 2025 |

elDiarioAR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

El Programa H es una metodología educativa grupal que trabaja con hombres jóvenes a través de talleres participativos, juegos de rol y debates para reflexionar sobre masculinidades tóxicas y promover actitudes más equitativas hacia el género, implementada exitosamente en más de 30 países desde 2002. Las actividades estan dirigidas a hombres jóvenes y facilitadas por varones que actúan como modelos de equidad de género. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/clsc

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Las Casas Trans en Bolivia: un refugio colectivo que busca cambiar vidas

Brenda Villalba

April 27, 2025 |

Red de periodismo Feminista de Bolivia |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Bolivia

Las Casas Trans son refugios comunitarios creados por y para mujeres trans en Bolivia que ofrecen servicios integrales de salud, apoyo psicológico, asesoría legal y oportunidades de emprendimiento, evolucionando desde espacios de asistencia básica hasta plataformas de emancipación colectiva que han atendido a más de 2,500 personas en cuatro ciudades y se expanden como modelo replicable de transformación social. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/nsr4

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