Indigenous leaders are storming COP30 with the kind of clarity the world has been trying to put into policy for decades, and their momentum is echoing across the Pacific. After back-to-back storms in the Philippines, communities are rebuilding coastlines, restoring mangroves, and proving that biodiversity protection isn’t a slogan but a practice. As global groups from Mission Blue to Youth v. Gov push forward new wins, the forest is listening. And for once, it hears possibili