José Gregorio: Either we preserve the Amazon rainforest, or the planet will take revenge
For José Gregorio, an indigenous from the Colombian Amazon region, training young people to fight for the conservation of the rainforests in his community is part of a global struggle to mitigate the climate catastrophe currently unfolding.
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