What We’re Reading: An All-Female Rainforest Patrol, Crowdsourced Housing and More

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected].

Amazonian guardians

Last year, Reasons to be Cheerful published a great story by Gabriela Barzallo about Indigenous guardians embracing a “tech boom” to fight illegal logging in the Amazon. So naturally, we were intrigued by Gabriela’s latest for the BBC: a story that Contributing Editor Peter Yeung shared with our team this week about an all-female patrol guarding Ecuador’s rainforest.

Peter says:

This is a cool story about how a team of 35 Indigenous women from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador have formed a patrol group to fight against illegal miners. They monitor the region once a month, venturing along the riverbanks and deep into the surrounding forests, equipped with camera traps and drones.