Suriname's Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest
TUTUBUKA, Suriname (AP) — Deep in Suriname's Amazon rainforest, Navaldo Vola hacked through thick vegetation with a machete, leading a group of Saamaka men up a forested mountain in sweltering he Suriname's Saamaka tribe has turned to mapping and documenting in an effort to protect the Amazon rainforest. Navaldo Vola led a group of Saamka men up a forested mountain in Suriname, where they found a massive abandoned excavator and a makeshift camp believed to have been used by Chinese loggers. The discovery was part of the group's efforts to secure government recognition of their traditional forest management system. This comes nearly two decades after an international court ordered Surinames to recognize their collective land rights, a ruling that remains largely unfulfilled. Last year, Surinam pledged to protect 90% of its tropical forests and strengthen conservation laws, potentially including legal recognition of Indigenous and tribal communities. The Saamak are one of Surinamed's six communities descended from Africans who escaped slavery on Dutch plantations and established autonomous settlements deep in the forest in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Опубликовано : 22 часа назад от jlaur в Environment World
TUTUBUKA, Suriname (AP) — Deep in Suriname’s Amazon rainforest, Navaldo Vola hacked through thick vegetation with a machete, leading a group of Saamaka men up a forested mountain in sweltering heat an... [9663 symbols]
