The climate crisis is here, and it's hitting hardest in the places least responsible for causing it. Across the globe, Indigenous Peoples are among those most affected, despite being some of the world's most effective stewards of nature. They make up just 6% of the population but care for over 40% of the planet's most ecologically intact lands. Indigenous-managed lands overlap with 36% of the world's remaining intact forests, ecosystems critical to stabilizing our climate. Th

Youth in Guatemala are using art and participatory education to protect forests, fostering local leadership.

By Lucy Calderón With their remarkable adaptation to brackish water and flooding, mangrove ecosystems—comprising various families of...