We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
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For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China, with high demand and speculative investors, that strategy fuels bidding wars.
CITES’ decision seeks to increase levels of monitoring so that we can be more and better informed about the illegal trade of Mukula and over-harvesting.
Zambia’s rosewood forests are being decimated but it’s still not reaping the full benefits of exporting the coveted wood to China.
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Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research, Centre for International Forestry Research
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Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
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Senior Associate, Centre for International Forestry Research
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Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
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Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor of Environment and Sustainability Studies, Wake Forest University; Smithsonian Institution; University of Michigan