by Carmen Calle | May 4, 2023 | Drought and Fire, English, Indigeneous People
A new study, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Health, reveals that Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from smoke exposure due to wildfires than the broader South American population. Regions in...
by Carmen Calle | Mar 6, 2023 | Brazil, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Stakeholder engagement
By Heidi Buzato, Celma de Oliveira, Giulia Andrich and Natalia Molina. In the São Félix do Xingu municipality in the Brazilian Amazon, there is an association managed by women (AMPPF) that uses family labor to produce fruit pulp and cocoa from their agro-forests,...
by SERVIR Team | Mar 30, 2022 | Brazil, Ecosystem Management, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Portuguese, Services, Spanish
Indigenous women and women of isolated rural communities express interest in using geospatial technology to protect community forests in the Brazilian Amazon The Origens Brasil® network, facilitated and administrated by the Brazilian NGO Imaflora, connects community...
by SERVIR Team | Jan 19, 2022 | Capacity Development, English, Gender, Indigeneous People, Portuguese
Promoting the development of professional women in Geographic Information Systems by strengthening technical and social skills in environmental sciences and geospatial technologies constitutes above all an interactive process that seeks to share experiences and...
by SERVIR Team | Dec 6, 2021 | Brazil, Capacity Development, Ecosystem Management, English, Indigeneous People, Peru, Services
When Stephanie Spera talks about her work with the Applied Science Team that she is leading on “Quantifying the Effects of Forest Changes on Provisioning and Regulating Ecosystem Services” in the Southwestern Amazon, she mentions two motivations. The first,...
by SERVIR Team | Nov 4, 2021 | APN, Brazil, Capacity Development, Colombia, English, Indigeneous People, Peru, Portuguese, Spanish
Tres herramientas fueron presentadas – con sus respectivos procesos participativos – que buscan aumentar la capacidad de pueblos indígenas para monitorear los cambios de uso de suelos y por ende, permitirles proteger sus territorios. Lo prometido es...
