After 40 years without documents or an official identity, a woman born in Bolivia was able to regularize her immigration status and begin the process of recognition as a stateless person.
We have experiences, inherited knowledge, and approaches that escape the comprehension of the global north, and the more we hear each other’s stories, the better chances we have of surviving the climate crisis.
Bolivia’s 2024 wildfires devastated Santa Cruz, but Indigenous Chiquitano and Monkox communities led recovery through collective organization, ancestral knowledge and fire management strategies, and revived food systems amid delayed state response.