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Las amenazas que enfrentan las comunidades indígenas se van tornando más violentas al cruzar desde la Amazonía ecuatoriana a la peruana. A medida que el río se va haciendo más grande, también aumentan los problemas y la ausencia del Estado. En este episodio de ‘Amazonas adentro’, el periodista Joseph Zárate nos lleva a una zona de la selva peruana donde grupos armados se disputan corredores de narcotráfico y territorios de minería ilegal de oro. Joseph visitó varias comunidades de las cuencas de los ríos Napo, Nanay y Pintuyacu. Allí vio cómo monitores indígenas usan tecnología GPS para vigilar y defender sus territorios de invasiones, plantaciones ilegales, y oportunistas que prometen dinero rápido sin advertir sobre la contaminación y los graves daños a la salud, el medioambiente y el tejido social que causa la minería ilegal. “Amazonas adentro” es la nueva serie de podcast de El hilo: un viaje por el río Amazonas, de Quito a Belém do Pará, rumbo a la #COP30. Escucha cada viernes un nuevo episodio. No te la pierdas. Una producción independiente de Radio Ambulante Studios, con el apoyo de Movilizatorio y Climate and Land Use Alliance. https://lnkd.in/ejPQf4GG

Las amenazas que enfrentan las comunidades indígenas se van tornando más violentas al cruzar desde la Amazonía ecuatoriana a la peruana. A medida que el río se va haciendo más grande, también aumentan los problemas y la ausencia del Estado. En este episodio de ‘Amazonas adentro’, el periodista Joseph Zárate nos lleva a una zona de la selva peruana donde grupos armados se disputan corredores de narcotráfico y territorios de minería ilegal de oro. Joseph visitó varias comunidades de las cuencas de los ríos Napo, Nanay y Pintuyacu. Allí vio cómo monitores indígenas usan tecnología GPS para vigilar y defender sus territorios de invasiones, plantaciones ilegales, y oportunistas que prometen dinero rápido sin advertir sobre la contaminación y los graves daños a la salud, el medioambiente y el tejido social que causa la minería ilegal. “Amazonas adentro” es la nueva serie de podcast de El hilo: un viaje por el río Amazonas, de Quito a Belém do Pará, rumbo a la #COP30. Escucha cada viernes un nuevo episodio. No te la pierdas. Una producción independiente de Radio Ambulante Studios, con el apoyo de Movilizatorio y Climate and Land Use Alliance. https://lnkd.in/ejPQf4GG

A pesar de las amenazas, la contaminación y el desequilibrio de poder, las jóvenes de Guerreras por la Amazonía y otros activistas siguen luchando para defender sus territorios de los abusos de la industria petrolera. Radio Ambulante Studios acompaña al periodista Joseph Zárate en un “tour tóxico” para entender la magnitud del desastre que causó Chevron-Texaco en la amazonía ecuatoriana y cómo la impunidad y la negligencia siguen afectando a las comunidades. Radio Ambulante Studios terminó el recorrido en el Yasuní, un recordatorio de lo que está en juego si no se cumple con la voluntad de los ecuatorianos de terminar con la explotación petrolera en el área protegida más grande del Ecuador. “Amazonas adentro” es la nueva serie de podcast de El hilo: un viaje por el río Amazonas, de Quito a Belém do Pará, rumbo a la #COP30. Escucha cada viernes un nuevo episodio. No te la pierdas. Una producción independiente de Radio Ambulante Studios, con el apoyo de Movilizatorio y Climate and Land Use Alliance. https://lnkd.in/eKCtVHZV

A pesar de las amenazas, la contaminación y el desequilibrio de poder, las jóvenes de Guerreras por la Amazonía y otros activistas siguen luchando para defender sus territorios de los abusos de la industria petrolera. Radio Ambulante Studios acompaña al periodista Joseph Zárate en un “tour tóxico” para entender la magnitud del desastre que causó Chevron-Texaco en la amazonía ecuatoriana y cómo la impunidad y la negligencia siguen afectando a las comunidades. Radio Ambulante Studios terminó el recorrido en el Yasuní, un recordatorio de lo que está en juego si no se cumple con la voluntad de los ecuatorianos de terminar con la explotación petrolera en el área protegida más grande del Ecuador. “Amazonas adentro” es la nueva serie de podcast de El hilo: un viaje por el río Amazonas, de Quito a Belém do Pará, rumbo a la #COP30. Escucha cada viernes un nuevo episodio. No te la pierdas. Una producción independiente de Radio Ambulante Studios, con el apoyo de Movilizatorio y Climate and Land Use Alliance. https://lnkd.in/eKCtVHZV

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. “Indigenous forests act as a sort of shield for health,” said study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. The study is the first of its kind to look at all nine Amazonian countries. Its main contribution, according to Barreto, is to convey the importance of guaranteeing land rights for Indigenous peoples across the Amazon. Barreto and her colleagues looked at how Indigenous territories, depending on their legal status and landscape characteristics, could influence the incidence of fire-related illnesses, as well as vector-borne and zoonotic diseases — those transmitted by insect bites or passed on from animals. Previous research has found that protecting Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon could help avoid 15 million cases of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases every year, saving around $2 billion in health costs. Researchers analyzed the data against records of fires and smoke pollution; forest cover and fragmentation between 2001 and 2019; and boundaries of Indigenous territories, both legally protected and unrecognized as of 2023. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. “Indigenous forests act as a sort of shield for health,” said study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. The study is the first of its kind to look at all nine Amazonian countries. Its main contribution, according to Barreto, is to convey the importance of guaranteeing land rights for Indigenous peoples across the Amazon. Between 2001 and 2019, more than 28.4 million cases of 21 different diseases were recorded across municipalities in the Amazon biome, according to a comprehensive new data set compiled by the study’s authors. The data cover 15 cardiovascular and respiratory diseases related to smoke from forest fires, and six vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, including malaria, Chagas disease and hantavirus. Around 80% of the recorded cases were fire-related illnesses, primarily respiratory. Researchers analyzed the data against records of fires and smoke pollution; forest cover and fragmentation between 2001 and 2019; and boundaries of Indigenous territories, both legally protected and unrecognized as of 2023. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. Study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, and her colleagues looked at how Indigenous territories, depending on their legal status and landscape characteristics, could influence the incidence of fire-related illnesses, as well as vector-borne and zoonotic diseases — those transmitted by insect bites or passed on from animals. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. The extent of forest cover plays a key part in this. Researchers found that to effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases, Indigenous territories need to be located in a municipality with at least 40% forest cover. For fire-related diseases, Indigenous territories can help mitigate the impacts of fine particulate matter in municipalities where the forest cover is higher, more than 45%. The study’s data set doesn’t allow for comprehensive analysis of the overall evolution of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, said study co-author Paula Prist, senior program coordinator for forests and grasslands at the IUCN, the global nature conservation authority. But broadly, these illnesses have increased since monitoring began, and deforestation has played a big role in their rise. Clearing trees alters local biodiversity to the benefit of stronger species that can transmit pathogens that are harmful to humans. Deforested areas are also more likely to have a greater human presence, leading to a higher outbreak risk. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. Study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, and her colleagues looked at how Indigenous territories, depending on their legal status and landscape characteristics, could influence the incidence of fire-related illnesses, as well as vector-borne and zoonotic diseases — those transmitted by insect bites or passed on from animals. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. The extent of forest cover plays a key part in this. Researchers found that to effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases, Indigenous territories need to be located in a municipality with at least 40% forest cover. For fire-related diseases, Indigenous territories can help mitigate the impacts of fine particulate matter in municipalities where the forest cover is higher, more than 45%. The quality of the forest is important, Barreto said, with a fragmented forest being less effective at shielding the human population from health risks. Deforestation fragments forests into smaller patches and expands forest edges, transition areas between forested and nonforested ecosystems; these can bring people into closer contact with wildlife, increasing the risk of diseases spreading. “When we deforest too much or fragment areas of native vegetation outside of these territories, this leads to an increase in illnesses,” said study co-author Paula Prist, senior program coordinator for forests and grasslands at the IUCN. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. Study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, and her colleagues looked at how Indigenous territories, depending on their legal status and landscape characteristics, could influence the incidence of fire-related illnesses, as well as vector-borne and zoonotic diseases — those transmitted by insect bites or passed on from animals. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. The quality of the forest is important, Barreto said, with a fragmented forest being less effective at shielding the human population from health risks. Deforestation fragments forests into smaller patches and expands forest edges, transition areas between forested and nonforested ecosystems; these can bring people into closer contact with wildlife, increasing the risk of diseases spreading. “When we deforest too much or fragment areas of native vegetation outside of these territories, this leads to an increase in illnesses,” said study co-author Paula Prist, senior program coordinator for forests and grasslands at the IUCN. Between 1985 and 2020, 74.6 million hectares (184 million acres) of native vegetation were cleared across the Amazon, equivalent to 9.6% of the rainforest’s total area, according to MapBiomas, a multidisciplinary mapping initiative. But most deforestation takes place outside of Indigenous lands. Over the same period, Indigenous territories in the Amazon lost 2.9 million hectares (7.2 million acres) of native vegetation, or 1.2% of their total area. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have researchers begun to fill in this knowledge gap and investigate how the protection of these areas can provide health benefits as well as ecosystem services. Now, a new paper analyzing the relationship between Indigenous territories and the occurrence of 21 diseases in the Amazon biome over 20 years, published in Nature Portfolio's Communications Earth & Environment, suggests that healthy forests on protected Indigenous territories can help reduce disease incidence and risks to human health. Study lead author Júlia Rodrigues Barreto, a postdoctoral researcher at USP - Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, and her colleagues looked at how Indigenous territories, depending on their legal status and landscape characteristics, could influence the incidence of fire-related illnesses, as well as vector-borne and zoonotic diseases — those transmitted by insect bites or passed on from animals. While the findings are complex, they show that municipalities that host legally protected Indigenous lands could have a lower risk of illness. The study’s data set doesn’t allow for comprehensive analysis of the overall evolution of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, said study co-author Paula Prist, senior program coordinator for forests and grasslands at the IUCN, the global nature conservation authority. But broadly, these illnesses have increased since monitoring began, and deforestation has played a big role in their rise. Clearing trees alters local biodiversity to the benefit of stronger species that can transmit pathogens that are harmful to humans. Deforested areas are also more likely to have a greater human presence, leading to a higher outbreak risk. Most deforestation takes place outside of Indigenous lands. Between 1985 and 2020, Indigenous territories in the Amazon lost 2.9 million hectares (7.2 million acres) of native vegetation, or 1.2% of their total area, according to MapBiomas. The situation is similar with forest fires. More than 50 million hectares (124 million acres) of the Amazon Rainforest burned between 2001 and 2019, according to data used by the study. Nearly 90% of the fires occurred outside of Indigenous territories. “When we start to understand that Indigenous territories have better conservation results than normal protected areas, then we start to create the hypothesis that they can also be very good to maintain or restore these [ecosystem] services for human health,” Prist told Mongabay. https://lnkd.in/e7yfx8Cv