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By creating employment opportunities, boosting sales of local produce and discouraging deforestation, ecotourism could be a vital barrier against the destruction of natural sites like the Amazon... 
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The Mennonites, a religious (Christian) group often dedicated to organized agriculture, are increasingly inhabiting the western Amazon (Peru and Bolivia). Here, we reveal the recent deforestation o…
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The poor management of coffee and cocoa is one of the principal drivers of deforestation in Peru.
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Regional conservation area safeguards subsistence and spirituality in the Peruvian Amazon. For Alfredo Rojas, the history of the remote villages along the Ampiyacu River is one of enslavement.
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We are high in the hills of Santander, a heavily forested coffee growing state in Colombia, where the leadership of Nespresso, Rainforest Alliance, Fundación Natura, and the Colombian Coffee Federation (comprised of more than 300,000 smallholder...
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The average American eats about 12 pounds of chocolate per year. I am pretty sure I mentioned that I love chocolate before... dark chocolate to be specific but that is not the "greenest" thing I co...
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Pope Francis called a synod- a meeting of Bishops- to discuss the Amazon rainforest.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
"moral obligation to protect the Amazon"
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As it turns out, greening schools may be one of the most cost-effective ways to raise student test scores.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
[Classroom Connection] Good stuff from Richard Louv and the Children & Nature Network
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The Amazon has long been recognized as an important repository of biodiversity and natural resources. Not only for local peoples and indigenous communities, … Read More
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In the Brazilian Amazon, conservation efforts have led to a resurgence of the Pirarucu, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Glad to share some good news from the Amazon. Conservation in partnership with local people works! The Pirarucu (aka arapaina), the largest fish in the Amazon is making a comeback in Brazil. Added bonus: this was on the front page of the NYT digital edition on 3/3/15.
The Morpho Institute's curator insight,
March 3, 2015 7:27 AM
Glad to share some good news from the Amazon. Conservation in partnership with local people works! The Pirarucu (aka arapaina), the largest fish in the Amazon is making a comeback in Brazil. Added bonus: this was on the front page of the NYT digital edition on 3/3/15.
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Scientist and entrepreneur turn to Brazil nuts to protect Peru's threatened forests. Sofía Rubio was eight years old when she decided she wanted to be a biologist. 'I would skip school to go to the woods with my father or mother,' who did research in what is now the Tambopata National Reserve in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon, she says.
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Aiming to be the world’s largest purveyor of sustainable cacao, a company is developing a plantation in the Amazon that scientists say comes at the expense of primary forest.
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New Yorker (blog)
The Morpho Institute's insight:
GREAT QUESTION: "Do North Americans and Europeans have the right to tell Peruvians that they can’t mine there? Are some areas so crucial for our planet’s survival that we need to band together and preserve them? On a personal level, what responsibility do we have as consumers? Do we cash in our gold stocks? Buy only fairmined gold? What about laptops and cell phones?"
All excellent questions posed by the author of the article. GREAT conversation starters at your social gathering or classroom debate!
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