ISLA JOVAI TEJU, Paraguay: Rumilda Fernández's indigenous community has long tended its ancestral lands in Paraguay, marking boundaries with an ancient system of names for trees and streams. Flores holds a map showing the community's territory which is being monitored with a smartphone app and GPS to protect lands and preserve forests, in Isla Jovai Teju. Fernandez uses a smartphone app and GPS to map the area, in Isla Jovai Teju, Paraguay. Children of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group look at a smartphone, in Isla Jovai Teju. For example, giving us the tools and support so that we ourselves also don't deforest the lands," he added.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 02:02 UTC