DIWI VALIENTE

DIWI VALIENTE

GUNA YALA CLIMATE ACTIVIST
GUNA YALA CLIMATE ACTIVIST
DIWIS PROJECTS

A Guna Yala climate change activist, Diwi is a member of the Panamanian Ministry of Tourism, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, Inc.’s Youth Policy Advisory Council.
Diwi is a vital member of this project and will serve as the Guna Yala interlocutor and facilitator of field research while working with Guna Yala communities in his home village of Ukupseni in Panama’s San Blas islands. Additionally, working together with Diwi this research will be influential in forming the Panamanian government’s tourism policies in 2022 and actions on climate change. Diwi recently presented at COP26 and has worked on several National Geographic projects including a recent trip with Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier.

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