Suriname
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Diana Muratova
deputy director
dmuratova@pactworld.org
With capacity development, an indigenous community in Suriname gains skills, leaders to defend its Amazon territory
January 19, 2023
Throughout the Amazon basin, indigenous peoples are an essential component to safeguard the region’s sustainability and future. Many Amazon territories are under the jurisdiction of the reservations...
With proper waste management, indigenous communities in Suriname safeguard their home, the Amazon
September 7, 2022
In the Surinamese Amazon, the Christiaankondre and Langamankondre indigenous communities of the Kali'na people live in harmony. Historically, they have protected the environmental wealth of the...
In remote Suriname, an indigenous village fights to preserve its past, improve its future
July 18, 2022
In the far south of Suriname, in the middle of the country's virgin Amazon rainforest, is the small village of Pëlëlu Tëpu, where only 500 people belonging to the Trío indigenous people live. Among...
In the Amazon, a climate linchpin, Pact’s Vanessa Coronado builds indigenous capacity to protect rights, the environment
March 7, 2022
It was late 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic had been halting life around the world for months. The Amazon region was no exception, but Pact’s team and local partners there were determined to not let...
Indigenous youth in Suriname learn to raise their voices for their people
October 20, 2021
At 21, Robin Sabajo has seen it time and again among his peers in their village of Matta, in northern Suriname: Faced with many challenges – no nearby high schools to offer educational opportunities...
International Human Rights Day and land governance: A key indigenous right
December 10, 2020
By the SCIOA project team
Indigenous communities have a spiritual connection with their territories that is reflected culturally and economically. Land bonds because it allows a collective sense of...
International Day of Rural Women: Empowering women-led indigenous organizations in the Amazon
October 15, 2020
Historically, our world has been one dominated by men. For much of history, for example, the right to own property wasn’t afforded to women. Today, around the world, women continue to face...
Raising the voices of indigenous organizations across the Amazon region
August 5, 2020
“Indigenous women need autonomy, a voice and a light.”
This is how Telma Taurepang describes the challenges that her community has long faced. She serves as coordinator for União das Mulheres...