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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
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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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
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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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Central America’s Last Kingdom has a New King
Reinaldo Alexis Santana will become the youngest king ever to rule the Tjër Di Naso at his coronation this month; he is 30 years old. Adolfo Villagra, Edwin Sanchez, my son and I were invited to meet the new ruler … Continue reading
Posted in Central America Projects
Tagged Bocas del Toro, Bonjic, C. America, Carlos Slim, Central America, dam, dams, electric, hydro, Kingdom, La Amistad, linkedin, Mexico, Naso, new king, Parque Internacional La Amistad, Rio, Rio Teribe, Sieyic, Sieyik, Sieykin, Tjer Di, Tjer Di Naso, What Price Paradise
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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
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Tagged Big River Foundation, C. America, Central America, Costa Rica, documental, documentary, Ecology, film, Grandmother Agua, International Park La Amistad, La Amistad, linkedin, movie, Naso, ODESEN, Panama, Paradise?, Parque Internacional La Amistad, pelicula, PILA, Rio Teribe, Sieyic, Sieykin, Tjer Di, WECKSO, What Price Paradise
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Watershed Watch Expeditions
Expeditions this month scout sites for our recently announced Watershed Expedition School, along with our amazing indigenous partners at ODESEN, the Organization for the Development of Sustainable Ecotourism for the Naso, the last Kingdom in the Americas. After much exploration, … Continue reading
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