Tag: deforestation

  • Colony Mennonites threaten Indigenous lands

    Colony Mennonites threaten Indigenous lands

    For many Latin American colony Mennonites, a life of isolation, farming and family is the fulfilment of God’s will, but for others, it is the destruction of sacred lands. Various Mennonite colonies in different parts of Latin America have been accused of deforestation and unlawful encroachment by local Indigenous peoples in recent years. Three colonies…