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Panama Project Update
We were happy for good turnout for our program presentations in January and February, and for many offers of assistance. This write-up was suggested by Dianne Heidke who moderated our last informational event; this is for people who would like … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Big River Foundation, Bocas del Toro, Boquete, C. America, Central America, Conservation, documentary, Ecotourism, film, hydroelectric, International Park La Amistad, Naso, Panama, Parque Internacional La Amistad, PILA, Rio Teribe, River, Sieyic, Sieykin, Tjer Di, Watershed
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Naso Hearing, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Here is footage of last week’s Hearing of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C. I live streamed this hearing on Friday. Testimony was given about the construction of roads for the Bonyic and Chan II hydroelectric … Continue reading
Naso Comarca, School, Ecotourism Updates
Leadership remains the focus of organizational meetings for Naso autonomy, the subject of public hearings before the Inter American Comission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington D.C. next week, “The Right to Property and the Right to a Healthy Environment … Continue reading
Naso Assemble to Seek Independence
This weekend Panama celebrates 192 years of independence from Spanish rule, as do many indigenous cultures who arrived long before the conquistadors from Spain. The Guna, Embera, Wounaan, Bugle & Ngobe cultures thrived independently on the land bridge now called … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Asamblea, Assembly, Bocas del Toro, Central America, International Park La Amistad, King, Naso, Panama, Rey, Santana
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Our Trashed Rivers: Cleaning up America’s Waterways
With so much attention paid to climate change these days, it can be easy to forget that there are other pressing threats to our environment. Familiar problems such as litter and illegal dumping are still as prevalent today as they … Continue reading
Posted in Rio Grande Projects
Tagged Cleanup, Conservation, Garbage, Litter, Riparian, River, Watershed
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Tjër Di Naso to seek Comarca for Conservation Autonomy in their Ancestral Territory to Protect Natural Resources from Developers
The UK’s Darwin Initiative funded a three-year project in 2006 led by London’s Natural History Museum in La Amistad International Park, Naso territory. Some 12,000 species from two continents were documented, more than two dozen new to science. Shortly after … Continue reading
One River, One Tribe
The Naso are a Leaver culture. They wish to leave their forests and rivers as they inherited them from their ancestors, clean & crystalline. Takers wish to develop them for profit but the Naso regard their water as a sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Big River Foundation, Bocas del Toro, Central America, Conservation, documentary, Ecotourism, hydroelectric, International Park La Amistad, Kingdom, La Amistad, Naso, ODESEN, Panama, Parque Internacional La Amistad, PILA, Rio Bonjic, Rio Shey, Rio Teribe, Sieyic, Sieykin, Tjer Di, WECKSO, What Price Paradise, World Heritage Site
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Rio Teribe Interviews
This month in Central America we are subtitling interviews to produce a short news video in advance of filming the documentary ‘Grandmother Water’ in September. We are working to help the Naso give voice to their struggle, to introduce viewers … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Big River Foundation, Bocas del Toro, Bonjic, Boquete, C. America, Central America, Conservation, Costa Rica, documentary, Ecotourism, film, hydro, hydroelectric, International Park La Amistad, kayaking, Kingdom, La Amistad, Naso, ODESEN, Panama, Rio Teribe, UNESCO, WECKSO, Wekso
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Healthy Rivers, Healthy Communities!
The Big River Foundation is the latest recipient of a grant award from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. John’s and Laura’s latest project is the Giving Library. It started when the young billionaire couple began looking for worthy nonprofits to support. John Arnold was a … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects, Rio Grande Projects
Tagged Big River Foundation, Boquete, Conservation, Dallas, documentary, Eric Ellman, film, Foundation, Giving Library, Houston, Jeffrey Porter, Jennifer Long, John Arnold, Laredo, Laura Arnold, Meadows Foundation, non profit, Nuevo Laredo, Panama, Rio Bravo, Rio Grande, Rio Teribe, Stephen Kaczor, Texas, Tony Pagano, video, Watershed
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News from the Rio Teribe
Our Naso friends in the last kingdom in the western hemisphere are having a difficult time with politics. You see, they are also the last indigenous tribe in Panama without autonomous territory, which Panama calls a “Comarca”; they are a … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Big River Foundation, Bocas del Toro, Bonjic, documentary, film, hydro, hydroelectric, International Park La Amistad, kayak, kayaking, Kingdom, La Amistad, Naso, ODESEN, Panama, Rey Alexis, Rio Teribe, RioFest, Santana, Sieyic, Sieykin, Tjer Di, UNESCO, WECKSO, World Heritage Site
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