Hand-in-hand with indigenous and other local people, we apply the power of innovation and time-tested traditional practices to protect the forests and watersheds of tropical America.
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Legalization of Indigenous Territories in Colombia
Advances in the Consolidation of Biocultural Corridors.
Keeng Kumu: Indigenous Cartographer
The life and travels of an indigenous mapping expert
The Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes
Explore magical landscapes and indigenous cultures of the Amazon.
Amazon Gold Rush: Gold Mining in Suriname
Learn about impacts of Suriname's primary driver of deforestation.
Training Children and Youth as Bird Watchers of the Amazon-Andes Transition Region
The kindi, or hummingbird, is a spiritual messenger who always has something to tell us when he is present; that ...
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ACT Indigenous Leadership Fellowship Program
The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) has established an Indigenous Fellowship Program in partnership with Colombia’s Universidad Externado to provide indigenous ...
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30 Species of Animals Have Been Found and Filmed in the Río Puré National Park Using Camera Traps
Original article appears in El Espectador. Written by Redacción Medio Ambiente. This is the first time that this type of monitoring ...
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