The EARTH DEFENDERS TOOLKIT

is a collaborative space for earth defender communities and their allies

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FEATURED TOOL

MAPEO

Mapeo was built with and for earth defenders to easily document environmental and human rights information and to collect data about their land.

FEATURED TOOL

TERRASTORIES

Terrastories is an application for communities to map, protect, and share stories about their land. It can be used by individuals or communities who want to connect audio or video content to places on a map.

FEATURED TOOL

COMMUNITY LANDS

Community Lands is a website management tool for communities to publish information about way of life, news and stories about the threats and challenges they face, and efforts to protect their lands.

Amplifying Frontline Communities

LATEST CASE STUDIES

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November 15, 2022 Matawai: Place-based Storytelling in Suriname
June 29, 2021 ECA-Amarakaeri: Monitoring the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve in Peru
June 29, 2021 Waorani: Mapping Ancestral Lands in Ecuador

Acknowledgment: The Earth Defenders Toolkit is being built in solidarity, consultation, and co-creation with Indigenous and marginalized communities in Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan African at every point of the way. We are deeply grateful to our partners who are working to achieve transformative change, and help us understand how we can best serve their needs.


The Earth Defenders Toolkit is made possible with support of our amazing partners

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Recent Blog Posts

April 26, 2023 Quarterly newsletter – April 2023
March 9, 2023 Team news: Welcoming Ben Tairea as Community Steward, and a heartfelt thank you to Rudo Kemper
November 18, 2022 New Tool: Mapeo Icons Generator