Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest.
WLT in the News: Communities
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Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest
Mongabay.com
17 May, 2012
What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets 'civilisation'?
The Independent
4 February, 2012
"Margarita Mbywangy's tribe was nearly wiped out when the modern world came calling. Now she has come to Europe to talk about their stolen land and struggle for survival."
Rise in attacks – bad news for victims, good news for tigers
The Independent
1 August, 2011
"For villagers and their families it is a tragedy, but for tiger conservationists a sudden rise in the number of attacks offers welcome, if gruesome, evidence the predator is staging a comeback."
The transformation of the Chaco is an ecological and human tragedy
The Guardian
8 July, 2011
"As the Natural History Museum's expedition is abandoned, the area is being converted to ranchland faster than ever."
