A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, arrive in an area destroyed by illegal mining on the Quito River, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A boat, with gasoline to be taken to illegal mining machinery, maneuvers past an area that was mined and is being reforested by Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Dioselina Palacios, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, poses for a photo while reforesting an area near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A group of women, part of Nuestra Casa Comun association, work reforesting an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Nereida Romana, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, poses for a photo while reforesting an area near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Indigenous children of the Embera community play outside of their home within El Guayacan nature reserve in San Isidro, Colombia, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Visible deforestation from illegal mining sits along rivers near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Snake specimens preserved in jars for children's education are displayed at El Guayacan nature reserve by Melqui Mosquera in San Isidro, Choco state, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, work to reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, carry a bunch of fertilizer to reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A woman, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, carries fertilizer to help reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, head by boat to reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, in Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

An Indigenous woman from the Embera community walks through El Guayacan nature reserve in San Isidro, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Melqui Mosquera, a teacher, poses in El Guayacan nature reserve in San Isidro, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, near Paimado, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)