In Kerala’s Western Ghats, women rainforest gardeners at Gurukula are reviving lost biodiversity—one rescued orchid at a time. No degrees, just deep care and connection. Nature leads, they follow. 🌿 A quiet revolution of rewilding and resilience. 💚

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/01/kerala-india-rainforest-biodiversity-restoration-nature-gardeners-gurukula-western-ghats

Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams.

For generations, piangüa collecting has been their livelihood, a nutrient-rich food source and important symbol of cultural heritage.

By Catherine Ellis
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/colombias-women-clam-collectors-protect-pacific-mangroves-and-mollusks/

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Indigenous women from Krahô communities in Brazil’s Tocantins state have formed a surveillance group to protect their ancestral territory from invaders.

The thirteen Krahô Warriors received training in surveillance and carry out operations for 15 days each month.

By Aimee Gabay
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/kraho-women-lead-surveillance-actions-to-protect-territory-in-brazil/

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A women-led fish farming initiative in Putumayo offers an alternative to the coca economy, challenging both environmental damage and traditional gender roles.

Wedged between the Ecuadorian border and the fringes of the Amazon Putumayo has long been heavily affected by armed conflict and coca cultivation, resulting in high levels of violence and human rights abuses.

By Iñigo Alexander
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/women-in-putumayo-turn-to-fish-farming-and-away-from-the-coca-industry/

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The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The meeting focused on addressing the impacts of the climate crisis in Africa. Among the key resolutions that emerged, participants agreed to establish an African women’s climate justice day.

By Fanta Mabo
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/african-womens-assembly-unites-for-climate-justice/

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In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente has developed an innovative way to dye and stitch fibers from the cabuya plant, an agave-like shrub.

The women use environmentally friendly techniques, such as natural dyes from native plants and insects, and agroecological farming practices to cultivate cabuya as a complementary crop to their primary harvests.

By Liz kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/women-weave-a-culture-of-resistance-and-agroecology-in-ecuadors-intag-valley/

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In 2020, over 40 Kichwa women began organizing themselves to defend their territory and expel mining from the Ecuadorian Amazon. This is how Yuturi Warmi, the first Indigenous guard led by women in the region, began.

María José Andrade Cerda, one of the leaders of Yuturi Warmi, explains that Indigenous women have an integral vision for territorial defense.

By Astrid Arellano
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/interview-with-maria-jose-andrade-cerda-leader-of-the-indigenous-guard-led-by-kichwa-women-in-ecuador/

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In southwestern Colombia, Maydany Salcedo, 49, faces constant threats to her life and that of her family due to her opposition to illegal activities of armed groups in the region.

She founded Asimtracampic, an organization that works to ensure that no more coca (an addictive plant which cocaine is derived from) is planted in the region, and that deforestation does not increase.

by Maria Fernanda Lizcano
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/maydany-salcedo-the-environmental-defender-who-catches-the-ire-of-armed-groups/

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From grassroots activism to global initiatives, women are driving transformative change in wildlife and biodiversity conservation. IBC delves into pivotal contributions of women in wildlife/biodiversity conservation focusing on fostering community connections and #HolisticApproaches. #WomenInConservation #WomenLeaders #BiodiversityHeroes #EmpowermentInNature
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Link: https://www.internationalbiodiversityconsultants.com/blog/2024/03/11/women-and-conservation/

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https://news.mongabay.com/list/women-in-conservation/

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