“We are on the front line”: Q&A with Indigenous land defender Adiela Jineth Mera Paz

Mongabay
May 5, 2022, 9:29 pm310 pts
Adiela Jineth Mera Paz wakes up every morning with only one thing on her mind – protecting her land in Puerto Asis, Putumayo, on the Colombia-Ecuador border. However, this is not an easy task. Along with 44 other volunteers from the Cuiracua Mai Yija, the Indigenous Guard, she is responsible for looking after…

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