内容摘要：Rosa Elena Gonzalez, 45, an Indigenous woman from the Wayuu community, poses for the photo in her kitchen in the Somos Unidos neighborhood on the outskirts of Maicao, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Rosa Elena Gonzalez, 45, an Indigenous woman from the Wayuu community, poses for the photo in her kitchen in the Somos Unidos neighborhood on the outskirts of Maicao, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A family stands near the Hudson Bay, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)A family stands near the Hudson Bay, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Meanwhile, Daley and Spence notice the changes in the weather — not only warmer, but they’re getting thunder here, something once unimaginable. The Arctic is warmingthan the rest of the world. While Churchill isn’t quite as bad off because it’s south of the Arctic Circle, “it’s something we take seriously,” Spence said.“It’s a matter of finding the right blend in how you adapt to climate change,” Spence said. “And work with it.”

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for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at“The women’s forest is our kitchen,” said Berta Sanyi, another woman from Enggros village.

A women’s mangrove forest in an Indonesian village is under threat from pollution and local development. Biodiversity loss is shrinking the forest and stunting plant and animal life. The women who work the forest fear an important part of their traditions and livelihoods will be lost forever.That morning, another woman joined the group looking for firewood, hauling dry logs onto her boat. And three other women joined on a rowboat.

Women from the next village, Tobati, also have a women’s forest nearby. The two Indigenous villages are only 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) apart, and they’re culturally similar, with Enggros growing out of Tobati’s population decades ago. In the safety of the forest, women of both villages talk about issues at home with one another and share grievances away from the ears of the rest of the village.Debora Sanyi stands chest deep in water as she collects clams in a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)