Posts Tagged ‘where’

In Peru, in the rural communities of Raqchi and Queromarca, ACT supported the seventh annual Watunakuy Gathering, which seeks to help preserve the ancestral natural knowledge of area indigenous and small farmer communities with an emphasis on promoting the diversity and variety of traditional seeds. 850 pilgrims attended from communities of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.…

In the northeast Amazon, Our work focuses on the following areas: Indigenous park guards Shamans and Apprentices program  Traditional medicine clinics Youth education (ethnoeducation) Sustainable income generation  Ethnographic mapping Many of our projects in Suriname date back to ACT’s founding in 1996.  The program was founded on the ethnobotanical fieldwork of ACT President and co-founder,…

In the northwest Amazon, our work focuses on the following areas: Protection of isolated indigenous group Intercultural education (known to the ACT team as ethnoeducation) Preservation of indigenous culture through associations of male and female healers Establishment of regional biocultural corridors Expansion of indigenous reserves Establishment of novel categories of protected areas that provide for…