Colombia/Ecuador: Afro-Descendant, Indigenous Communities on Colombia-Ecuador Border Join Forces to Adapt to Climate Change

Mar 20, 2024 | World Food Programme
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In the Colombia-Ecuador border area, mangroves – forests that appear to float on water – are threatened by pollution, the climate emergency and violence related to drug trafficking. For centuries, these jungles and the tropical forests of the Amazon foothills have been home to Afro-descendant communities and the Awá Indigenous people. To them, the border that runs across their ancestral lands is just an imaginary line that does not prevent them from living as one.