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Washington Monthly Right now, there’s more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental policymakers are trying to reverse that equation. Working with environmental groups, including Forest Trends and the Amazon Conservation Team, the Surui tribe of Brazil is exploring ways to tap into global carbon markets. |
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Combining Tradition with Technology Youtube.com Chief Almir Surui & ACT Brazil Director Vasco van Roosmalen talk at Google's European Zeitgeist Conference '09 about the devastation of the rainforest and how technology is helping them to combat the threat posed to Amazon and its peoples. |
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Changing the Landscape of Power Innovations Rainforests are disappearing more rapidly than ever—but not as quickly as indigenous cultures are being disrupted and destroyed. At the Amazon Conservation Team, we see the survival of these two—the culture and the ecosystem—as inextricably linked, so we call our effort to protect them “biocultural conservation.” |
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Satellites and Google Earth Prove Potent Conservation Tool Yale Environment 360 Armed with vivid images from space and remote sensing data, scientists, environmentalists and armchair conservationists are now tracking threats to the planet and making information available to anyone with an internet connection. |
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Conscious Choice The Suruí indigenous people are just one of the groups using Google Earth as a tool to raise awareness for environmental and social issues.
ACT and Duracell Map the Amazon Rainforest Youtube.com ACT and Duracell teamed up to create this unique piece showing how various mapping tools, used by ACT's indigenous partners in the Amazon, are powered by Duracell batteries. The narration is done by ACT Advisory Board Member and Academy-Award nominated actor, Jeff Bridges.
Disease concepts and treatment by tribal healers of an Amazonian forest culture Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Longtime ACT Collaborator Dr. Chris Herndon explores how Amazon shamans diagnose and treat disease. The acclaimed report includes the co-authorship of Melvin Uiterloo, Amasina Uremaru, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin, Gwendolyn Emanuels-Smith and Jeetendra Jitan, all of whom work with the Amazon Conservation Team.
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