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Close-up of a Kichwa Indigenous elder’s hands pressing dark, fertile soil around a small green seedling at the edge of the Napo River, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Her hands are weathered and steady, showing years of experience. The plant is rooted in open earth, with soft green vegetation and a woven basket visible in the background. The scene conveys care, patience, and a deep, living relationship with the land. Photo credit: Eri’ife Micheal, January 20, 2026.

March 10, 2026

When the Land Remembers: Indigenous Ecologies Against Extractive Futures

In the face of climate collapse and accelerated extractive development, Indigenous relational worldviews—rooted in the understanding that people and environment are interdependent—are too often dismissed as symbolic or outdated rather than recognized as powerful, future-oriented practices of care, governance, and resistance. Yet across continents, Indigenous communities are showing that ecological care, resilience, and political resistance grow out of lived, land-based knowledge that rejects extractive ideas of disposability and ownership.

March 10, 2026

When Salmon Save

An atmospheric river is not a metaphor. It’s an actual river flowing through the sky. A corridor of moisture streaming off from the Pacific Ocean.

Dozens of participants sit on white plastic chairs inside a large pavilion at the Federal University of Pará in Brazil. Around them, colorful flags signal the diversity of movements present: blue flags represent fisherfolk and shellfish gatherers, red flags identify Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST), and, to the right, banners mark the presence of Babaçu coconut breakers from Maranhão. Together, the raised flags reflect the broad range of social movements gathered in the space. Photo credit: Natalia Figueredo, November 2025.

March 10, 2026

Indigenous Demands Took Center Stage at COP30, but Decisions Were Made Behind Closed Doors

In November 2025, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened its 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon.

A man in a blue checkered shirt, jeans, rubber boots, and gloves bends over while working the soil in a small garden plot with green plants growing in rows. A stone border and banana trees are visible in the background.

March 10, 2026

SOW. HOE. GROW.

Mr. Seun Opadare, a Yoruba man living in Ibadan, transformed part of his compound into a small garden. Using only what he had at home, he learned how to grow food for himself and his neighbors, building the garden from the ground up. His garden is modest in size and wasn’t created through any program or external support. It is a daily practice that he maintains, guided by what he can cultivate with his own hands. I started documenting him to understand how a simple daily practice can become a form of care that is steady and rooted in place.

March 10, 2026

A Forest of the Gods

A poem by Tunji Offeyi

March 10, 2026

Reclaiming the Grove

Heritage in Nigeria is both tangible and intangible, shaped by landscapes that sustain society through vital ecosystem services. This creates responsibility for those who inhabit the land, yet breakdowns lead to deforestation, polluted rivers, and threatened livelihoods. Such degradation exposes how ecological integrity and community well‑being are inseparable. International frameworks like UNESCO’s affirm sacred landscapes as cultural heritage, where nature and identity are jointly protected.

Approximately fifteen Indigenous representatives wearing traditional clothing and feather headdresses walk hand in hand down a city street during a march. They move forward together in a line, surrounded by other participants in the demonstration. Photo: Natalia Figueredo, November 2025.

March 10, 2026

Beyond Visibility: Indigenous Power and the Contradictions of COP30

COP30 began long before its official opening on the 10th of November, 2025, in the Brazilian city of Belém. In the days before, Indigenous leaders, Afro-descendant communities, riverine and other water and land-based communities, and social movement activists traveled for days to reach Belém, the second-largest city in the Brazilian Amazon. Across the city, banners and chants repeated a clear message: “We are the solution.” The slogan emerged from a campaign initiated by Indigenous peoples of the Amazon and later taken up by Indigenous communities across Latin America in the lead-up to COP30.

March 10, 2026

In the Amazon, Indigenous Communities Are Recording the Forest to Prove It Is Alive

In the Sarayaku territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the day does not begin with light—it begins with sound. At 4:30 a.m., howler monkeys call out, their roars carrying for miles through the forest. Tinamous follow, ground birds releasing low, pulsing whistles.

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