“That’s where the love begins — from the local man. The connection increases the desire to protect them later on.”

“Without the forest, the Ogieks cannot survive. It is like removing a fish out of a lake — it will definitely die.”

Here are some of the most interesting — and weird and colorful and complicated — charts we made in the last 12 months.

“Piangiamo ogni volta che andiamo a raccogliere i nostri platani. Stiamo davvero soffrendo e non sappiamo chi interverrà”.

“We cry each time we go to harvest our plantains. We expect big bunches but we get angry seeing small bunches because of [gas] flaring.”

“We don’t have any other options, we’re totally dependent on the ocean.”

Decades on end and after spending billions, the U.S. still has no strategy to permanently deposit its highly radioactive nuclear waste.

With climate change, an increase in temperature and erratic rainfall patterns are creating challenges for the coffee farmers of Costa Rica.

“We used to have 20 oxen and two cows, but these days we have a single cow as we have no time to look after it.”

Inspired by a similar year-in-review piece from FiveThirtyEight, here are some of the most interesting charts we made in the last 12 months.