RFUS’s Mapping Coordinator, Carlos Doviaza, was featured in an NPR article that describes how his maps are helping indigenous communities in Panama assert their land rights and track COVID-19.
A summary of the highlights of Rainforest Foundation US’s impact to protect the peoples and the rainforests of Central and South America in 2020.
Panama’s Supreme Court awards the Naso people with title to 160,000 hectares of their traditional lands.
Land rights have been fundamental to the pandemic response of indigenous communities, like that of the Embera of Panama’s Darien.
On June 21st, major international artists will join in solidarity with indigenous peoples for a livestream concert to raise awareness and support for indigenous forest guardians under extreme threat from the coronavirus.
El COVID-19 amenaza a los pueblos Emberá y Wounaan del Darién en Panama a medida que incrementa la deforestación en sus territorios.
COVID-19 is straining the Embera and Wounaan peoples of the Darien as the threat of deforestation in their territories creeps higher.
Rainforest Foundation US está trabajando con COONAPIP para desarrollar un mapa en línea para coordinar la ayuda humanitaria del COVID-19 a las comunidades indígenas en Panamá.
Rainforest Foundation US is working with COONAPIP to develop an online map to coordinate COVID-19 humanitarian aid to indigenous communities in Panama.
This map tracks current COVID-19 cases alongside the presence of traditional authorities or local humanitarian organizations located around indigenous peoples’ communities in Panama.
A look at how viruses have shaped the Darien Gap and its indigenous inhabitants.
A joint statement by Rainforest Foundation US, UK, and Norway in support of indigenous communities facing COVID-19.
Adam crafts original content and repurposes existing material and information in a way that communicates the organization’s engagement priorities to various audiences. Prior to working at RFUS, he wrote for several outlets, including: The Wall Street Journal, The Budapest Times, and A&E, amongst others. He’s also a published fiction writer and has written and staged several plays in New York City. Adam holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University—Camden, and is a native English speaker who is bilingual in Hungarian and fluent in Spanish.
