Publications

Science | Signs of Science: App developed with Indigenous trackers helps almost anyone monitor wildlife (2024)
https://www.science.org/content/article/app-developed-indigenous-trackers-helps-almost-anyone-monitor-wildlife

Mongabay | Amplifying Indigenous voices at the global level: Interview with Dario Mejía Montalvo (2024)
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/amplifying-indigenous-voices-at-the-global-level-interview-with-dario-mejia-montalvo/

Mongabay | Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado (2024)
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/report-links-hm-and-zara-to-major-environmental-damage-in-biodiverse-cerrado/

Mongabay | Report shows Peru failed to stop Amazon deforestation for palm oil and cacao (2024)
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/report-shows-peru-failed-to-stop-amazon-deforestation-for-palm-oil-and-cacao/

Mongabay | Mining industry touts green pledges to attract talent, but Gen Z isn’t buying it (2024)
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/mining-industry-touts-green-pledges-to-attract-talent-but-gen-z-isnt-buying-it/

The Guardian | Ancestral spirit: can brewing a traditional moonshine help Colombia’s youth avoid gangs? (2024)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/04/ancestral-spirit-can-brewing-a-traditional-moonshine-help-colombias-youth-avoid-gangs

Mongabay | Science panel presents COP28 with blueprint for saving the Amazon. (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/science-panel-presents-cop28-with-blueprint-for-saving-the-amazon/

Mongabay | Little achieved for Indigenous groups at U.N. climate summit, delegates say. (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/little-achieved-for-indigenous-groups-at-u-n-climate-summit-delegates-say/

Mongabay | French banks accused of money laundering linked to Amazon deforestation. (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/french-banks-accused-of-money-laundering-linked-to-amazon-deforestation/

Mongabay | South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/community-members-decry-traditional-leaders-power-amid-south-african-mine-plans/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

The Guardian | Criminals without borders: the transnational gangs terrorising the Amazon (2023)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/oct/09/criminals-without-borders-the-transnational-gangs-terrorising-the-amazon

Mongabay | Bill stripping Peru’s isolated Indigenous people of land and protections scrapped (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/bill-stripping-perus-isolated-indigenous-people-of-land-and-protections-scrapped/

Mongabay | Indigenous and local communities see big gains in land rights, study shows (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/indigenous-and-local-communities-see-big-gains-in-land-rights-study-shows/

Mongabay | For Central America, climate bill could top hundreds of billions annually (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/for-central-america-climate-bill-could-top-hundreds-of-billions-annually/

Mongabay | Mechanized destruction of Brazil’s Amazon is rising, but not inevitable (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/mechanized-destruction-of-brazils-amazon-is-rising-but-not-inevitable/

Ensia | Resource-rich countries find it pays to pay landholders to protect their land (2023)
https://ensia.com/features/biodiversity-conservation-environmental-services-land-restoration-forests-payments-carbon-sequestration/

Mongabay | Second chance for Lula as controversial Amazon dam goes up for renewal (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/second-chance-for-lula-as-controversial-amazon-dam-goes-up-for-renewal/

Mongabay | Questions over accounting and inclusion mar Guyana’s unprecedented carbon scheme (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/questions-over-accounting-and-inclusion-mar-guyanas-unprecedented-carbon-scheme/

The Guardian | Pink dolphins and reformed Colombian rebels turn no-go zone into ecotourism hit (2023)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/rainforest-colombia-farc-amazon-river-dolphins-peace-aoe

Mongabay | Illegal road found in Yanomami land accelerates destruction (2023)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/illegal-road-found-in-yanomami-land-accelerates-destruction/

Mongabay | Mexican restoration dominated by non-environmental interests (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/mexican-restoration-dominated-by-non-environmental-interests/

Mongabay | COP15 deal needs a ‘holistic approach to conservation’: Q&A with Joan Carling and Ramiro Batzin (2022).
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/all-the-issues-impacting-indigenous-people-at-cop15-qa-with-joan-carling-and-ramiro-batzin/

Mongabay | Words that didn’t make the cut: What happened to Indigenous rights at COP27 (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/words-that-didnt-make-the-cut-what-happened-to-indigenous-rights-at-cop27/

Mongabay | With fracking promising a quick energy boost, can Colombia say no? (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/with-fracking-promising-a-quick-energy-boost-can-colombia-say-no/

Mongabay | Amazon reserve for uncontacted people moving forward amid battle over oil fields (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/09/amazon-reserve-for-uncontacted-people-moving-forward-amid-battle-over-oil-fields/

Mongabay | Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Amazon move closer to self-governance (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/indigenous-communities-in-colombias-amazon-move-closer-to-self-governance/

Mongabay | Regenerative agriculture in Mexico boosts yields while restoring nature (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/regenerative-agriculture-in-mexico-boosts-yields-while-restoring-nature/

Deutsche Welle | Using candy and jam to protect Brazil's Amazon rainforest (2022)
https://www.dw.com/en/using-candy-and-jam-to-protect-brazils-amazon-rainforest/a-62110724

Mongabay | Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/indigenous-group-and-locals-sign-agreement-to-protect-sustainable-livelihoods-and-culture/

Mongabay | Land restoration requires immediate action and Indigenous land rights, says U.N. report (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/land-restoration-requires-immediate-action-and-indigenous-land-rights-says-u-n-report/

Mongabay | Funding for women-led conservation remains tiny, but that’s changing fast (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/funding-for-women-led-conservation-remains-tiny-but-thats-changing-fast/?mc_cid=392bea3d4c&mc_eid=ee0c499cf0

Mongabay | Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/ecuadors-pastaza-province-indigenous-groups-collaborate-on-forest-conservation/

Mongabay | Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/reaching-the-paris-agreement-without-protecting-indigenous-lands-is-impossible-says-report/

Mongabay | Young environmentalists ‘plant the future’ in Colombia’s Amazon (2022)
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/young-environmentalists-plant-the-future-in-colombias-amazon/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1643037402

Mongabay | Conservation projects in Mesoamerica make the case for Indigenous climate funding (2021)
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/conservation-projects-in-mesoamerica-make-the-case-for-indigenous-climate-funding/

Mongabay | In Colombia, legal mining proves a win-win for environment, traditional communities (2021)
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/in-colombia-legal-mining-proves-a-win-win-for-environment-traditional-communities/

Mongabay | ‘We guard the forest’: Carbon markets without community recognition not viable (2021)
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/we-guard-the-forest-carbon-markets-without-community-recognition-not-viable/

Mongabay | Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists (2021)
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/ecuadoran-water-fund-transforms-consumers-into-conservationists/

Mongabay | Empowering Indigenous peoples crucial to climate, biodiversity crises: Study (2021)
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/empowering-indigenous-peoples-crucial-to-climate-biodiversity-crises-study/

BBC | Buen Vivir: Colombia's philosophy for good living (2021)
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210207-buen-vivir-colombias-philosophy-for-good-living

Mongabay | Colombia’s sustainable forestry drive boosts biodiversity and business (2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/colombia-sustainable-forestry-drive-boosts-biodiversity-business/

Mongabay | Colombia’s forests lurch between deforestation and the hope for a sustainable future (2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/colombias-forests-lurch-between-deforestation-and-the-hope-for-a-sustainable-future/

Mongabay | Battle over proposed Colombian port at Tribugá puts sustainable development in focus (2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/battle-over-proposed-colombian-port-at-tribuga-puts-sustainable-development-in-focus/

Mongabay | Double blow to Colombian Amazon and Indigenous groups from armed militants, COVID-19 (2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/double-blow-to-colombian-amazon-and-indigenous-groups-from-armed-militants-covid-19/

Ensia | We’re flying less. And wild places that count on tourism dollars are starting to take notice (2020)
https://ensia.com/articles/flight-shaming-pandemic-ecotourism/?fbclid=IwAR0G3A9b8oyuxpra5YKhnakUah4cLW61Cs4aUbuH_QXFGw6gpyR8kuWYXUk

Mongabay | Colombian farmers, ranchers join businesses to turn the tide on Amazon deforestation (2020)
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/colombian-farmers-ranchers-join-businesses-to-turn-the-tide-on-amazon-deforestation/

The Guardian | A wheel education: the environmental diploma you earn by bike (2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/12/a-wheel-education-the-environmental-diploma-you-earn-by-bike?CMP&fbclid=IwAR01JqyO-R652laVccEec6lGyYpCfD_ixNFv62PJ6nhaECIvf5r1dRiBJ58

The Daily Maverick | Marching in step: The shared challenges of Colombia and South Africa (2019)
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-08-16-marching-in-step-the-shared-challenges-of-colombia-and-south-africa/?fbclid=IwAR0wwJcdOwcvnNSR2s6xQnoaZAVXEfn-6SbuO1Ot_rhaNYm1M-G6YCwdYks

Cape Times | The Guerrilla Gardeners (2014)
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/opinion/the-guerrilla-gardeners-1743092

Cape Times | The case for saving Erf 81 (2014)
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/opinion/the-case-for-saving-erf-81-1726796#.U9d3G_mSwQm