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Childhood in a Vanishing Forest
- Julio Cusurichi grew up in Madre de Dios and learned to fish and live from the forest with his family.
- He witnessed logging and mining degrade rivers and reduce fish and food for his community.
Local Stewardship Protects Global Climate
- Julio's parents taught that indigenous people best govern natural resources to preserve them.
- The Amazon acts as the planet's lungs and stores massive carbon, linking local stewardship to global climate health.
Organizing With FENAMAD
- In 1989 Julio joined FENAMAD and traveled the basin learning shared threats like logging and mining.
- He and other indigenous communities felt losing land meant losing culture and survival.