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INDIGENOUS ECOTOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF RíO BLANCO, ECUADOR
Río Blanco Case Study Methods: Quichua Interviews The Struggle for Land Tenure A Growing Community The Expansion of Agriculture The Reserves Summary: The indigenous Quichua community of Río Blanco, in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Napo Province), was founded in 1971 by Quichua migrants from the Andean foothills, where ...
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The first 20 kilometers of the road will transect the territory of an indigenous Quichua community living along the Rio Napo. The road will then continue 25 more kilometers into ... rainforest. However, 10 years later, we see the real effects: the rate of colonization by indigenous peoples along the Maxus Road continues to accelerate beyond sustainable levels, and in turn overhunting ...
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Yasuni Rainforest Campaign - Leading Scientists Letter
Moreover, this road would transect the territory of an indigenous Quichua community and will enter the ancestral territory of the Huaorani, the great hunter-gatherers ... rainforests of their Eden-Yuturi project, “access control to prevent the invasion of indigenous lands by outside settlers and biodiversity protection were identified as the most significant management ...
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Rainforest Concern - Ecuador
Integrated Education and Development) have been working together in the rainforests of the indigenous Quichua people, conserving and protecting habitat and encouraging them to become stewards of ... overseas volunteer programmes and assist FUNEDESIN's self-sustainable community projects with the indigenous Quichua people which include the processing and marketing of cacao. Frequently Asked Questions ...
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Rainforest Concern - Ecuador: Yachana
"Yachana" means "a place for learning" in the indigenous Quichua language. The YACHANA FOUNDATION , a non-profit foundation whose goal is to protect Ecuador's ...
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ITEC Faculty
Shuar people of Amazonian Ecuador. He completed a similar study with the lowland Quichua in Ecuador and directed a multi-disciplinary study of the economic value of ... Great Britain and Denmark. Selected Publications (In Press). Building Bridges with Traditional Knowledge: Linking indigenous people, conservation, and ethnoscience. Editor. Columbia University Press. (In Press). The future and ...
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Amazon Watch Works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale ... of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. ACT for Kids From the Amazon Conservation Team. Lessons ...
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Indigenous Ecotourism: Río Blanco, Ecuador: Section 1
(Griffin 1993:12). Lowland Quichua account for the majority of the indigenous population while most colonists are peasant farmers of Spanish or ... The lowland Quichua typically practice more traditional agricultural systems such as subsistence or a mixed system of subsistence and cash crops. However, colonists are increasingly threatening these indigenous systems ...
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SBN Feature Article: May 1997
Excerpted from El Financiero International Indigenous Ecotourism: An Example In the Ecuadorian Amazon, a growing number of indigenous people are turning to ecotourism as an alternative to ... they had learned little about a central aspect of community life. While not all Quichua respondents indicated they saw the connection between tourism and forest preservation, a growing ...
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II Continental Summit of the Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities of AYA YALA
Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the Organization of Quichua Nationalities of Ecuador (ECUARUNARI) and the Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA). With participants from 64 Indigenous ... Site: http://www.ienearth.org "A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding ...
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