Plants of the Gods Podcast

Yesterday, the President of Suriname named ACT President Mark Plotkin a Knight of the Honorary Order of the Palm, recognizing his tireless efforts on behalf of biocultural conservation. Mark shared: "Virtually ALL of these efforts were the result of teamwork ..."

Exciting news out of Colombia, where they have officially adopted the Indigenous Intercultural Health System (SISPI) as national public policy— combining traditional knowledge with modern health care. amazonteam.org/colombia-embr…

🌿 One more day to protect the Amazon in 2024! 🌿 The Amazon is facing critical threats—deforestation, illegal mining, and land invasions are putting isolated Indigenous communities and the rainforest at risk. Your support has already helped us safeguard 189 isolated Indigenous groups across South America this year. Now, we need your help to do even more. 💚 Together, we can: ✅ Protect Indigenous rights. ✅ Preserve ancestral rainforests. ✅ Help secure a thriving Amazon. 🌟 Make your year-end gift today and be a part of the solution. 👉 Donate here: eoy-2024.funraise.org/ 📷: Isolated Indigenous people's maloca in the Amazon rainforest. #ProtectTheAmazon #RainforestConservation #IndigenousRights #YearEndGiving #MakeADifference

🌊🌿 Empowering Indigenous-led Conservation 🐢💚 Thanks to your support, Indigenous communities are making a significant impact on land and sea! ✨ 10,000 endangered baby turtles released—including critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles—through the Ancestral Tides Initiative. ✨ Indigenous Rangers in Suriname have been safeguarding ancestral rainforests for 17 years, tracking biodiversity and protecting ecosystems. Your gift helps expand these life-changing efforts, empowering Indigenous leaders to protect endangered species and preserve the world’s most precious habitats. 🌎 💚 Donate today to make a difference. Together, we can protect our planet for generations to come. Donate here: eoy-2024.funraise.org/ 📷 #1: Baby sea turtles making their way to the ocean for the first time in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica 📷#2: Conservation Ranger Keeng Kumu in Suriname. 📷#3: Matawai Conservation Rangers monitoring their ancestral rainforests in Suriname. #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership #ProtectOurPlanet #Biodiversity #TurtleConservation #RainforestPreservation #ActForTheAmazon

🌱 Protect the Amazon with our indigenous partners! 💚 Since this morning, our Giving Tuesday campaign has raised almost $6,000. We need YOUR help to meet our $25,000 goal this Giving Tuesday, to support our work to preserve ecosystems and biodiversity essential for mitigating the effects of climate change alongside our indigenous partners. 🌎 Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines of climate change, contribute least to the climate crisis, and are suffering its effects disproportionately. When you support ACT, you empower indigenous-led efforts that have achieved extraordinary milestones: -2.7 million acres of indigenous territory established 🌳 -3,000+ acres purchased and returned to indigenous ownership🌿 -9.9 million acres managed sustainably 🌴 ⏩ Will you join us and our indigenous partners by donating $50 today? Donate here: act-giving-tuesday-2024.funr… #GivingTuesday #donate #nonprofit #giveback #indigenousrights #rainforest #environment #savetherainforest #SocialImpact #biodiversity #climatecrisis

True protection of nature begins with respect for those who know it best. 🌍✨ Their sustainable lifestyle has been passed down from generation to generation, thus preserving biodiversity and culture at the same time. #ProtectTheEssentials #Identity #Diversity #COP16 #PeaceWithNature

Every breath we take is linked to those who protect the essence of our planet. 🌱💧 Imagine if their only source of life became polluted. For them, river pollution and forest loss threaten not only their home, but also the vital thread of their existence. #ProtectTheEssentials #Identity #Diversity #COP16 #PeaceWithNature

🍃✨ It is the Indigenous Peoples in Isolation who, along with other communities, maintain the natural balance and help prevent environmental damage. #ProtectTheEssentials #RespectTheirAutonomy #COP16 #PeaceWithNature #SomeoneCareForYou

💚 Our support to AIDESEP (the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon) has enabled significant gains in the creation of protected areas for isolated peoples in Peru. AIDESEP helped to formally propose the creation of the Atacuari, Pupuña and Tamaya Abujao indigenous reserves, which are currently in the process of being created and together span over 600,000 hectares. 🌿 📸: @aidesep_org #nocontact #peru #amazonia #peoplesinvoluntaryisolation #PIACI #protectionstrategies #biodiversity #climate #noillegalmining #illegallogging #peruvianamazon #amazoniaperuana

🪵 The Mashco Piro people, an indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon that chooses to live in isolation to defend their right to self-determination, have recently been seen by local communities and #humanrights campaigners close to an area where several logging companies have been granted concessions. 🌴 🚧 More recently, the Forest Stewardship Council suspended the certification of the logging company accused of encroaching on the traditional territory of the Mashco Piro in the Madre de Dios Territorial Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon. 🚧 This resulted only after at least one logger was reported injured in a confrontation with the Mashco Piro, further demonstrating a need for these forests to be protected from incursions. 🚨 Indigenous peoples in isolation in the Peruvian Amazon face threats from extractive activities encroaching on their territories. High rates of forest degradation threaten their survival and increase the risk of contact. 🍃 More than 25 different isolated indigenous groups inhabit the Peruvian Amazon. The creation of indigenous reserves and territorial reserves defends their rights to live in their traditional territories without contact. 💚 We stand behind efforts to protect the lifeways of isolated indigenous people in the #PeruvianAmazon. ⚖  📸 : Cedia, 2019 ❌ Read more through an article by @Mongabay. news.mongabay.com/2024/09/pe… #indigenousrights #humanrights #amazonrainforest #isolatedpeoples #pueblosaislados #PIACI #AISLADOS #amazonía #granchaco