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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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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
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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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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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Rio Teribe: Update from the Last Kingdom in the Americas
Our favorite river tribe is preparing to petition for legal rights to its ancestral territory. The Naso are the only indigenous tribe in Panama without autonomy. Six other tribes on the isthmus have been granted “Comarca” status that provides for … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Bonjic, clean energy, Conservation, documentary film, EPM, hydroelectric, Naso, Rio Teribe, River, Tjer Di
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