Nature Conservancy
- Created by: Lina
- Created on: 02-04-14 16:30
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- Nature Conservancy
- NGO
- Works with indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest
- The indigenous people now have a right to their land
- 20% of the Amazon Rainforest
- Helps them develop the forests sustainably
- Involves the whole community in the projects
- Ethnomapping
- The local people draw on a satellite image of the area
- Identify nat. resources, villages, illegal hunting, mining, etc
- The map is taken away+ digitised-> returned
- The community then use the map to plan their use of the area
- Ethnomapping
- Involves the whole community in the projects
- The indigenous people now have a right to their land
- 2006
- A training centre in Manaus, Brazil
- Local people learn how to manage their areas+ complete the ethnomapping exercise
- 15 students trained at a time
- A training centre in Manaus, Brazil
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