Five Indigenous women from Guyana recently joined an Amazon-wide fellowship of Indigenous women who are protecting, managing, and restoring the Amazon Forest.
They are Immaculata Casimero – a Wapichan from Aishalton Village, in Region Nine; Caroline Jacobs – a Makushi of Surama Village, also in Region Nine; Esther Marslowe – a Lokono of Santa Cruz Village, Region One; Loretta Fiedtkou – a Lokono of Muritaro Village, Region Ten; and Althea Harding – a Carib of Kwebana Village, Region One.
According to Conservation International (CI), the Guyanese fellows, supported by the ‘Our Future Forests – Amazonia Verde’ project, join 19 other regional fellows, selected from 150 candidates across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú and Suriname.
