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Arteaga is the CEO of </SPAN><A
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rel="" target=_blank>Khamai Foundation</A><SPAN>, a US and Ecuador based
nonprofit which advocates for biodiversity and saving rainforests. Working
with Ekō, the organization has developed a reserve in the Amazon, but much
remains to be done. </SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">We
caught up with Arteaga and asked him some questions about the work—and
what challenges remain. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>How
is the land protection project going? </B></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">The
Pitalala Reserve urgent land expansion that will incorporate the
78-hectare land lot into the reserve should be completed thanks to an
upcoming grant from Ekó. The next step is to obtain funding to pay for
taxes and legal fees necessary for recognition of the purchase of the
land. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">However,
this is just the first step, as we seek to protect an area of over 10,000
hectares that will create a wildlife corridor between the Llanganates
National Park and the Jatun Sacha Reserve.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>What
challenges are you facing?</B></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">The
protected land is surrounded by many land lots that may be destroyed with
incredible speed and without notice, which would render the saved plot
isolated.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><B>What
successes have you had this year?</B></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Thanks
to Ekō and 152 other backers, we will have protected the first 150
hectares of Pitalala Reserve. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">This
is just the beginning. Ultimately, we seek to create a protected area
inside the “biodiversity vertex,” a 100 km2 quadrant holding the ABSOLUTE
greatest number of animal and plant species per unit area anywhere on
Earth, hoping to secure its designation as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">The
creation of the reserve will stop a network of colossal open-pit gold
mining operations through the direct purchase of various rainforest land
lots totaling 2,200 hectares.</P>
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you want to contribute to the upcoming grant Alejandro mentions, you can
do so </SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
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other news</B></H3>
<P
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is choking on waste</B></I></P>
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may be a “ceasefire” in place in Gaza—your mileage may vary on how real
that is—but the territory isn’t free of the infrastructural danger from
years of relentless bombing and attacks. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Garbage
disposal is one such issue. Tons of untreated waste are beside refugee
tents in Gaza, exposing people to toxic gases and disease. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">“We
don’t sleep—not at night, nor during the day—because of the garbage. The
smell comes at us constantly, and our children are ill. They suffer from
severe headaches. We’re dealing with an infestation of germs and
insects.”—Amin Sabri, Gaza City</P>
<P
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href="https://substack.com/redirect/b3dcfda2-c518-4854-a4cc-39cc24976d39?j=eyJ1IjoiNmt4bXlxIn0.udC0DBtJXyZNpMwShZCd-uAoWkguQPOShGIcBFETULg"
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<P
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is expected to be one of the hottest years on record, continuing a trend.
</P>
<P
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according to the UK Met Office’s central forecast, which projects
temperatures in excess of 1.4C above preindustrial levels. </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">“This
highlights how rapidly we are now approaching the 1.5C Paris agreement
target.”—Nick Dunstone, Met Office climate scientist </P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">In
a spectacular, remote corner of the Maasai Mara reserve, something
extraordinary happens every year: millions of wildebeest, zebra and
other animals cross the plain as part of the Great Migration.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">Now
they have a new landlord: Ritz-Carlton.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">The
hotel chain built a $5,000 per night luxury resort right at a crucial
river bend, and now they’ve won a gag order on the Maasai elder
defending the Great Migration, as a group of Maasai sue them over the
hotel.</P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 26px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; COLOR: rgb(54,55,55); FONT-SIZE: 16px">TODAY,
there’s a critical hearing in the Maasai case against the hotel, and
local activists still think the hotel could have its permits removed —
and even be torn down. Let’s get behind them with a global call and give
the Maasai and the wildlife back what’s theirs.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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