Water, carbon & the ‘tree of life’: Interview with Venezuela’s guardian of morichales
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https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/water-carbon-the-tree-of-life-interview-with-venezuelas-guardian-of-morichales/
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While global climate conversations tend to center on the Amazon and temperate forests, a vital, quiet freshwater oasis across the Venezuelan savannas and floodplains is disappearing under the radar. Standing tall in these landscapes is a palm intrinsically linked to the culture of Latin America’s Indigenous peoples, a palm whose unique physiology regulates freshwater bodies […]
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