01 juni 2023

A Voice for Just Climate Action: Zulma Franco

Zulma Franco, an informal Yshir indigenous leader from the Paraguayan Pantanal, shares her insights on the impacts of climate change on nature and indigenous populations. Her message emphasizes the need for policy reforms in the production models implemented by the nations in power to ensure the preservation of their ancestral lands.

Zulma Franco
informal Yshir indigenous leader
“The territory is everything. It is the very existence of the Ishyr people.”

Zulma Franco shares her story

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