Tag: Amazon

  • The Parintins Folklore Festival Is One of Brazil’s Liveliest and Most Extraordinary Events

    The Parintins Folklore Festival Is One of Brazil’s Liveliest and Most Extraordinary Events

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     Ed Cunningham of Time Out travels to the heart of the Amazon rainforest to attend the Parintins Folklore Festival, one of Brazil’s liveliest and most extraordinary events. Here’s his description of the event. It sounds AWESOME! Taking place on an island in the middle of the Amazon river, Parintins is accessible only by plane or…

  • Children of the Jaguar Documentary

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    Persevering over eight years, the Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku took their claims to the human rights system of the Organization of American States. In July of 2012, the Inter-American Court came down on the side of the community. The Court declared the Ecuadorian government guilty of perpetrating rights violations, having tried to force the…

  • Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore

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    Author: Barbara Fraser Researchers and policymakers have a lot to learn in designing and implementing climate change adaptation strategies from smallholder farmers in the Amazon, says Miguel Pinedo-Vásquez, scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Director of International Programs at the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability at Columbia University. “Traditional forest knowledge and practices are…