Meet the ‘Turtle Women’ of Amazon: 7 Indigenous women are bringing vulnerable river turtles back from the brink after releasing 208 baby turtles into the wild |
Seven Indigenous Siekopai women in Ecuador’s Amazon are using ancestral knowledge, modern technology and community-led conservation to give vulnerable river turtles a better chance of survival. Known as the Tari Nomiowa’i, or “Turtle Women”, the group patrols the banks of the Aguarico River in search of charapa turtle nests, carefully collects eggs threatened by flooding,…
