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An Indigenous-led citizen conservation project in the community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, aims to obtain data on the lowland tapir’s presence and understand the environmental factors affecting the species.

According to spiritual beliefs, a divination from an elder in the 1990s pushed the community to move to a high-priority region for tapir conservation. Beliefs in the mammal’s sacred status supports conservation efforts.

By James Hall
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/indigenous-guardians-embark-on-a-sacred-pact-to-protect-the-lowland-tapir-in-colombia/

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