When businessman Brian Sheth and actor Leonardo DiCaprio learned snail-eating snakes slithering through the lush jungles of Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama were endangered due to illegal gold mining, the eco-conscious duo jumped into action. Sheth, DiCaprio, Re:wild, and Nature and Culture International gave some newly discovered serpents unique names to honor loved ones while raising awareness about the issue of rain forest destruction at the hands of open-pit mining operations.
December 28, 2020
Leila Salazar-López
2020 was defined by fundamental challenges and transformations. We ve all had to adapt and create a new way of living and connecting. Most of us could have never imagined that caring for one another would involve so much isolation.
It has become commonplace to call these times unprecedented, but Indigenous peoples had already warned us that destroying Mother Earth would have devastating consequences on our lives. More specifically, they told us that deforestation could unleash diseases that we ve never known of. They showed us that pandemics and the destruction of the world s rainforests are interconnected and that we must act now if we are to avoid future crises for humanity and the planet.