Tag Archives: ODESEN

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

Posted in Central America Projects | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Grandmother Water: What Price, Paradise?

Grandmother Water: What Price, Paradise? is a feature-length documentary film that examines critical ethical issues viewed through the eyes of 3,500 residents of a river valley located inside La Amistad International Park, a trans-boundary protected watershed shared by Costa Rica … Continue reading

Posted in Central America Projects | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Watershed Ecology Program in Central America

Classrooms all over the world are preparing to participate in a new watershed ecology program in Central America. This education and eco-tourism project is in Parque Internacional “La Amistad”, a biosphere reserve and World Heritage Site shared by Costa Rica … Continue reading

Posted in Central America Projects | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments