Amazonia

The workshop supported by Nia Tero was led by Indigenous technicians from Fundación Kara Solar in Achuar language. Photo: Kara Solar Foundation.

March 19, 2024

Indigenous-Led Workshop Kicks Off Internet Installations for Achuar Communities in the Amazon

The Kara Solar Foundation trained four Achuar communities in Ecuador to increase connectivity and strengthen Indigenous guardianship.

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Forest Coverage in the Upper Cuyuni Region close to the Guyana-Venezuela Border. Credit: Amerindian People Association (APA)

February 29, 2024

Essequibo: How the Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana are Affecting Indigenous Peoples

Though tensions have diminished since last December, the threat of a dispute on Guyana’s border with Venezuela intensifies the conflicts that Indigenous Peoples in Guyana are already experiencing.

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Indigenous person holds Annatto seed. Amazonia, Brazil. Photo by Kamikia Kisedje

December 9, 2023

Stop Marginalizing Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Negotiations

By Valérie Courtois and Chris Filardi

Indigenous Peoples are living the change that all recent scientific reports call for; this provides a baseline for policymakers and governments at COP 28.

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Amazonia Surimane Leader looking at the forest

November 30, 2023

Amazonia Leadership Fellowship 2023

Emerging Indigenous leaders from the Amazon region have come together as the second cohort of Nia Tero's Leadership Fellows Program in Amazonia for 2023.

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Fellows with the Tutu Kampu community and local chief Same in Wayana territory, Suriname.

November 17, 2023

Emergent Indigenous Leaders Share Aspirations at the Leadership Fellows Program in the Amazon

Participants from Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname have come together to enhance leadership development and succession in their communities.

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Riverboat trapped on a sandbank during one of the worst droughts ever recorded in the Brazilian Amazon.

November 3, 2023

Historic Drought Threatens Indigenous Lives and Ecosystems in the Amazon

In the Brazilian Amazon, an ongoing historic drought poses a significant threat to Indigenous Peoples, local communities and entire ecosystems.

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