250722 Kichwa - Marisol on colonial conservation-SQ

Marisol García Apagüeño is a Kichwa leader from Peru. She’s speaking out against the Cordillera Azul National Park, which is forcing a colonial model of conservation which forces Indigenous peoples off their lands.

The park is restricting them from accessing their ancestral lands, and is ignoring the Kichwa’s deep connections with the forest. The park is also making a profit by selling carbon credits to big polluting companies like Total Energies, who greenwash their image via the carbon credits.

Marisol and her people want what’s theirs back.

It’s time to decolonize conservation!

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