A Kichwa women collective uses ecotourism to safeguard Ecuador’s Amazon

A Kichwa women collective uses ecotourism to safeguard Ecuador’s Amazon

For members of the Sani Warmi collective in Amazonian Ecuador, the day begins before sunrise. They tend to the chacra — their agroforestry garden — and harvest plantain, yuca, palm heart and bijao leaves. They feed the cachama fish in the tanks and catch some of them. Throughout the day, they will receive at least one group of tourists who want to learn how Amazonian Indigenous peoples manage to live somewhere that, seen from above, appears impe…