Ecuador’s Indigenous women are planting trees for birds, growing cacao for their families and protecting the forest for their children to save the Amazon
- Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Ecuador’s Sucumbios Province.
- In Ecuador’s Amazon, planting a tree can mean much more than restoring a patch of forest.
- For Indigenous women such as Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Sucumbíos Province, trees are tied to food, wildlife, family, culture and the future of the community.
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- Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Ecuador’s Sucumbios Province.
- In Ecuador’s Amazon, planting a tree can mean much more than restoring a patch of forest.
- For Indigenous women such as Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Sucumbíos Province, trees are tied to food, wildlife, family, culture and the future of the community.
Sources: Times of India