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Upended Lives
Livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray by the climate crisis.
STORY
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Upended Lives
Livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray by the climate crisis.
STORY
3
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Upended Lives
Livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray by the climate crisis.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
In Costa Rica, coffee farmers share how difficult it has become to sustain their way of life. Shifting rainfall patterns threaten the health of their soil and crops. At the same time, unpredictable weather has disturbed the rhythm of the harvest, misaligning it with the arrival of seasonal workers from Nicaragua and Panama.
As harvests become less reliable, many migrant workers turn elsewhere for jobs. Without the hands they rely on, farmers watch ripe coffee cherries spoil in the fields—even in years when yields are strong. The uncertainty leaves many wondering how they’ll make it to the next season.
These climate disruptions reach beyond the fields. In both Suriname and Costa Rica, they ripple through daily life, reshaping long-held cultural practices—from what people eat to how communities come together.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, the impacts run deep. Traditions of bartering and food exchange between villages—central to social life and community connection—are under strain due to chronic flooding:
In Costa Rica, coffee farmers share how difficult it has become to sustain their way of life. Shifting rainfall patterns threaten the health of their soil and crops. At the same time, unpredictable weather has disturbed the rhythm of the harvest, misaligning it with the arrival of seasonal workers from Nicaragua and Panama.
As harvests become less reliable, many migrant workers turn elsewhere for jobs. Without the hands they rely on, farmers watch ripe coffee cherries spoil in the fields—even in years when yields are strong. The uncertainty leaves many wondering how they’ll make it to the next season.
These climate disruptions reach beyond the fields. In both Suriname and Costa Rica, they ripple through daily life, reshaping long-held cultural practices—from what people eat to how communities come together.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, the impacts run deep. Traditions of bartering and food exchange between villages—central to social life and community connection—are under strain due to chronic flooding:
In Costa Rica, coffee farmers share how difficult it has become to sustain their way of life. Shifting rainfall patterns threaten the health of their soil and crops. At the same time, unpredictable weather has disturbed the rhythm of the harvest, misaligning it with the arrival of seasonal workers from Nicaragua and Panama.
As harvests become less reliable, many migrant workers turn elsewhere for jobs. Without the hands they rely on, farmers watch ripe coffee cherries spoil in the fields—even in years when yields are strong. The uncertainty leaves many wondering how they’ll make it to the next season.
These climate disruptions reach beyond the fields. In both Suriname and Costa Rica, they ripple through daily life, reshaping long-held cultural practices—from what people eat to how communities come together.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, the impacts run deep. Traditions of bartering and food exchange between villages—central to social life and community connection—are under strain due to chronic flooding:
