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138 Results found. From 1997 - 2024
Feature
- 11 Mar 2016
Science sisters of the Amazon
A mentor system is helping young women scientists in Peru and Brazil to break through barriers.
Feature
- 24 Feb 2016
From the Congo to the Amazon, hunters speak the same language
Hunters in Africa are already learning from how their counterparts in Latin America are managing wildlife.
Feature
- 9 Feb 2016
Game hunting in the Amazon? There’s an app for that
Indigenous hunters in Colombia are keeping track of their prey and harvest on their mobile phones.
Feature
- 4 Feb 2016
Mix up the diet with some wild meat
Bushmeat is an important source of protein for rural villages in the Colombian Amazon (plus, they say, it tastes great!)
Feature
- 4 Feb 2016
Mix up the diet with some wild meat
Feature
- 20 Jan 2016
On the trail of Colombia’s bushmeat trade
The trade in wild meat in Amazonian Colombia has stayed largely out of sight, and so has not been studied—until now.
Feature
- 20 Jan 2016
On the trail of Colombia’s bushmeat trade
Feature
- 9 Jan 2016
Hunters, gatherers and all those gender roles
In indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, men and women differ in how they use forests and participate in projects.
Feature
- 9 Jan 2016
Hunters, gatherers and all those gender roles
News
- 3 Nov 2015
Owning the Amazon: Individual titles might not be the answer
Accepted notions about the power of formal, individual property rights may have been turned on their head.
Analysis
- 25 Sep 2015
One wicked problem, three major challenges
How to stop deforestation while boosting benefits for smallholders and meeting market demand?
Analysis
- 25 Sep 2015
One wicked problem, three major challenges
Video
- 22 Sep 2015
Timber vs. Brazil nut: The Amazon’s harvest dilemma
Watch the Brazil nut harvest in Peru, as scientists explain what selective logging means for nut production.
Video
- 22 Sep 2015
Timber vs. Brazil nut: The Amazon’s harvest dilemma
Interview
- 21 Sep 2015
‘Conservation matters, but we cannot ignore people’s needs’
Cara Rockwell explains the importance of understanding how families in the Amazon use the forest.
News
- 21 Sep 2015
A little logging may go a long way
Amazonian forests could be used for harvesting both timber and Brazil nuts – if certain rules are followed.
News
- 21 Sep 2015
A little logging may go a long way
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