Webinar Series DEFENDING THE AMAZON DURING COVID19: Indigenous peoples and collaborative strategies Environmental and human rights defenders play a vital role in the protection of the individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples (IPs) in the Amazon region. They often face high risk scenarios of threats, violence and killings, while being perceived as target enemies […]
Webinar Series DEFENDING THE AMAZON DURING COVID19: Indigenous peoples and collaborative strategies The Use of Data and Technology: Innovations for Land Defense webinar (May 6) focused on how data and technology are essential allies for the protection of indigenous territories and of the Amazon rainforest, especially during the COVID-19 health emergency. In times of community […]
Webinar Series DEFENDING THE AMAZON DURING COVID19: Indigenous peoples and collaborative strategies The second session of this AEA webinar series (April 29) exposed the unpreparedness of healthcare systems in the Amazon region to provide an effective and intercultural assistance to Indigenous peoples (IPs) in response to COVID-19, how the disease specifically impacts their wellbeing, and […]
Webinar Series DEFENDING THE AMAZON DURING COVID19: Indigenous peoples and collaborative strategies The first session of this AEA webinar series approached how civil society and indigenous organizations have used data in communications, digital activism and campaigning during COVID-19. In a global pandemic scenario, the panelists presented the challenges to access and collect information and how […]