By Sin Bolai, Program Officer, Conserve Indigenous Peoples Language Organization
By Sin Bolai, Program Officer, Conserve Indigenous Peoples Language Organization
By Agenonga Robert, Executive Director, Environmental Defender (Radio Terra FM), Uganda
A corporate gold rush along the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is taking land from Indigenous communities and polluting vital water sources. Yet, where global corporations expected little resistance, a powerful movement is growing, led by local women demanding accountability and environmental justice.
By Rama Wijaya (Ma’la’bo’)
Before we began broadcasting about mining, we were already witnessing changes around us. The forests in our highlands were slowly being cleared. Trucks passed through village roads more frequently. Rivers that once ran clear began to turn cloudy after heavy rain. Farmers started questioning whether their soil would remain fertile. In Mamasa, environmental change is not an abstract issue. It is something we see, hear, and feel every day.
By Pardo Mwetaminwa, Coordinator, Union of Indigenous Peoples for Peace and Endogenous Development (UPADE)
In the remote villages of the Fizi region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quiet but powerful change is taking place. For years, Indigenous communities watched as their ancestral lands and territories were dug up and their rivers turned cloudy by mining companies. Families saw their fields destroyed and did not know how to speak out, or who would listen. That silence has now been broken.
By Veronique Wanyema Saleh, Coordinator, Femmes Pymees en Action (FEPA), Radio Kivu, FM Congo
"Buscamos que no se corte la cadena de transmisión pues donde no hay recambio se pierde el conocimiento y nuestro mundo se achica" - Organización socia del Fondo de Medios Comunitarios 2026.
Miranda Gonzalez Wicky
By Vandna Tete, Project Coordinator
In the dense, forest-clad hills of Netarhat, Jharkhand, in the eastern part of India, where the red earth is as much a source of identity as a target for industrial extraction, a new sound is cutting through the silence of the valleys. It is not the roar of machines used in mining or the crash of falling trees, but the steady, rhythmic broadcast of the Asur language radio programs traveling from village to village.
Por Xóchitl Calderón Jiménez y Mariluz Márquez Jiménez
Nos presentamos a ustedes, compañeras y compañeros que nos leen: somos Xóchitl Calderón Jiménez, de San José Chiltepec, y, junto con mi compañera Mariluz Márquez Jiménez, de Santa María Zapotitlán, queremos compartirles la historia de Jlijualay Tsomé 95.9 FM, nuestra radio comunitaria, un sueño que nació de la tierra misma, aquí, en la hermosa y resistente región chontal de Oaxaca.
Por David Hernández Palmar | Wayuu
Tatuado con Espinas - Colectivo Asho’ojushi
Como un cuentacuentos que tiene a la niñez de la comunidad alrededor, les contaré algunas anécdotas sobre nuestro proyecto “Tatuado con espinas”. Un proyecto que no solo ha instaurado una conversación en mi pueblo, sino que también me ha provisto de un nuevo camino para entender la medicina Wayuu, la memoria y la defensa territorial marcada en la piel.
By Alyansa Tigil Mina
In October 2024, 20 Indigenous youth from mining-affected communities across the Philippines gathered in Quezon City for a life-changing experience: the Empowering Indigenous Voices: ATM Youth Network Journalism Camp. This event was made possible through the generous support of Cultural Survival, whose funding enabled Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) to strengthen Indigenous youth leadership in environmental journalism, advocacy, and digital storytelling.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.