15. Life on land

Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

An indigenous girl, who looks about 7 years old, with big black eyes and straight black hair down to her chest. She is looking at the camera and smiling slightly. The lower halves of both of her cheeks are painted with black stripes. Behind her, shown only partially, is a wooden house with a thatched roof.

An indigenous people’s story shows that health is more than the absence of disease

By Mariana Della Barba e Maria Fernanda Ribeiro Guaranta do Norte, Brazil

An indigenous man with short black hair, shirtless and wearing only green shorts, with his full body painted black from the nose down. He is sitting on a beach chair, with sunglasses resting on his head and holding a bamboo spear with a feather on its tip. The chair is on dirt ground, and behind him we see parts of a small wooden house with a thatch roof.

The indigenous tribe that escaped genocide

By Maria Fernanda Ribeiro e Mariana Della Barba Guaranta do Norte, Brazil

Aerial image of a green florset cut by a large river of dark color. The sky is blue with white clouds.

Rekindling the connection with the Amazon

By Mariana Della Barba Manaus, Brazil

A white man with short gray hair and brown eyes is wearing a pink shirt with a light gray jacket. He looks at the camera without smiling. In the background is a city street, blurred.

Antonio Nobre: A scientist advocates for the Amazon

By Karina Miotto Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

A black man, his hair almost completely shaved, is wearing jeans, a purple T-shirt and a green vest. In his left hand, he holds a seedling in a temporary, plastic planter and smiles at the camera. He is sitting on a metal structure among rows of seedlings.

Charles Batte: The boy who thought big

By Fabíola Ortiz Kampala, Uganda

A man with gray hair and a beard, wearing a dark green t-shirt, looks at the camera. In the background is a wooden house and some of its interior.

Jair Candor: Defender of the Piripkura People

By Mariana Della Barba Colniza, Brazil

A short, white, gray-haired man wears a beige hat and a white shirt bearing the words, "Floresta de Bolso". He is smiling, holding a seedling. He makes a gesture toward the camera, as if offering the plant to the viewer. Behind him are some young trees and bricks in a square.

Bringing the native forest back to the city

By Maisa Infante São Paulo, Brazil

A 43-year-old dark-skinned man with wavy, black hair. He wears a red T-shirt, a necklace of wooden beads and glasses. He stands in front of a stone wall.

Anápuáka Muniz Tupinambá: Radio without borders

By Elisa Menezes Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A short-haired, light-skinned black man wearing a white shirt is looking up at the sky and smiling, in the left corner of the photo. Behind him is the sea. Behind him and to his right is a small blue and white dinghy. In the background, blue sky and a strip of sand with beach grasses growing on it.

Felipe Brito: Defending Itaparica Island

By Luciana Accioly Itaparica, Brazil

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