Indigenous ‘turtle women’ help vulnerable reptiles recover in Ecuadorian Amazon

Mongabay
Sep 2, 2026, 4:07 pm102 ptsTrending
On the banks of the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a group of Indigenous Siekopai women are combining traditional knowledge and modern technology to help a threatened native turtle recover. Their efforts center around charapa turtles (Podocnemis unifilis), also known as the yellow-spotted Amazon…

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