Paraguay – helping indigenous communities

The Aché are a traditional hunter-gatherer tribe in Paraguay. They live off the forests around them. The tribe see themselves as an integral part of their natural surroundings. But life isn't easy. Making a living is becoming increasingly difficult as their population grows. At the same time, the soya industry is increasingly encroaching on their territory, offering them money to vacate their land. A team led by the Worldwild Life Fund is helping the Ache protect their habitat and way of life by cultivating the traditional Yerba Mate, that helps to regenerate the soil and is processed into tea. That's helping generative alternative sources of income.