Trading Bows and Arrows for Laptops - One Year Later
Filmmaker Denise Zmekhol, ACT friend and partner, highlights the ACT-Google Earth project in Brazil. In 2009, the Surui participated in a second training with the Google Earth Outreach team. They used the Android phone, and its applications for documenting and publicizing, in real time.
Watch as Chief Almir and ACT Brazil Program Director Vasco van Roosmalen discuss the project.
New protected areas in Brazil contribute to major drop in Amazon deforestation rate
Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are proving highly effective in reducing forest loss in Earth's largest rainforest, reports a new study based on analysis of deforestation trends in and around indigenous territories, parks, military holdings, and sustainable use reserves.
USAID project supports environmental conservation of indigenous peoples' territories
USAID/Brazil showcases ACT's collaborative work to design and conduct a first training course for indigenous "environmental agents" (rangers) in the Brazilian rainforest state of Rondônia.
How an Amazonian Tribe Is Mastering the Modern World
In June 2010, the premier German newsmagazine Der Spiegel profiled the Surui people of the Brazilian rainforest, their leader Almir Surui, and their battle to stop the destruction of their homeland with the aid of modern technologies and new opportunities.
