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News spotlight: How Indigenous communities brought a sacred caiman back from the brink

By Mary Kate McCoy

May 26, 2023
For years, two communities in southeast Colombia have worked to protect the black caiman — the largest predator in the Amazon River basin, which was hunted to near extinction in the area for its highly-prized skin.
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