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By Marion Frank Deep in the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, where nature fights the intensifying impacts of climate change, women are also battling to make a living on their own, exploring what they’ve learned from their sisters, mothers and neighbors. To this end, the Aguapé and Cumbaru projects have been operating in the Brazilian Pantanal since March 2023. Both work with the online platform VBIO, which stands for “Showcase of Brazilian Biodiversity” and raises and allocates funds for socioenvironmental projects. That was what attracted cosmetics giant Avon to use the benefit-sharing …

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