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"PAKAYAKU TERRITORY, Ecuador — Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the
Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha Gayas
spreads out a hand-drawn map across her wooden kitchen table. Her fingers,
stained with the rich earth of her homeland, trace the boundaries of 71,000
hectares (175,000 acres) of lands that her people have silently guarded for
generations.
“We are the hidden people,” she tells
Mongabay. Gayas, 50, has spent decades
defending what she and other Kichwa people of the Pakayaku community say
outsiders cannot see or understand.
For decades, the community living in lush Amazonian rainforests has
successfully kept unsustainable logging, mining and oil extraction activities
out of these lands while preserving their cultural traditions and ecological
knowledge.
In July,
Mongabay visited the community to see the story of their resistance
and conservation of vast forests, which few have been allowed to witness
firsthand."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
