The Inga in Colombia’s Andes-Amazon region defend their ancestral lands against climate damage, the exploitation of natural resources and violence – and they are now even drawing on open-source technologies to help them achieve their goals.

What does it mean to be a Turkana today? Rael Nkoi Lomoti is the founder of Turkana’s first girls’ football team and an advocate for education, gender equality and climate justice in her community. She spoke with Katharina Wilhelm Otieno.

Indigenous ways of life have withstood difficult conditions and outside pressure for centuries. The global community must do more to protect them – and learn from them in light of looming social and ecological crises.