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PRE ANNOUNCEMENT
AMAZON FUND IN ECODROME ZWOLLE THE NETHERLANDS, 9th of APRIL 2011
Environmental awareness to conserve the Bolivian Amazon
On Saturday April the 9th 2011, between 13:00 and 17:00 h, Amazon Fund presents its results of the past year and its plans for the future in the Ecodrome Zwolle. This international foundation's objective is the preservation of nature and culture in the endangered Amazon.
Anyone who feels involved in the largest tropical rainforest is welcome at this free presentation. Subscribe via info@amazonfund.eu. The first 100 entries for this day to claim a free entrance to Ecodrome.
Program
In the presence of expert representatives from Bolivia the Amazon Fund presents the urgent need for a structured and effective approach to preserve the Amazon. This starts with, we think, promoting environmental awareness among the local population. The foundation will present its innovative project in Rurrenabaque Bolivia, where indigenous people still live close to nature will be trained to promote environmental awareness in the urban population.
Soon more information about the program on this webpage.
The Bolivian Amazon
Bolivia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world and covers 8% of the Amazon. Partly due to the low population density, many areas are still intact. Rurrenabaque is located on the southern edge of the Amazon Basin in the transition area between the Andes and lowlands. It is one of Bolivia's most popular tourist destinations thanks to its vast Madidi National Park, the indigenous Pilon Lajas Biosphere Reserve - Indigenous Territory, and the Pampas. Flora and fauna are incredibly numerous, butterflies in beautiful colors, rare orchids and herbs with medicinal properties. There lives the rare spectacled bear, maned wolf, giant otter, jaguar, anaconda, dozens of species of macaws and toucans. Occasionally, new species are discovered, as the Madidi Monkey (Callicebus aureipalatii). Furthermore Rurrenabaque is a melting pot of indigenous peoples like Tacana, Chiman, Moseten and Esse-Ejja and Aymara and Quechua.
The need
As elsewhere in the world urban people quickly get alienated and detached from nature. There is an urgent need for knowledge about waste and garbage disposal, sanitation and drinking water management, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture and knowledge about the importance of the Amazon region in relation to climate.
The educational institutions in Rurrenabaque and other local villages such as San Buenaventura does not currently offer programs in environmental awareness.
The solution
Amazon Fund believes that the original indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon region should play a key role in preserving their natural habitat. Indigenous peoples have much knowledge about life in and of the tropical forest. They are the experts appointed to become the future teachers for the urban populations. Our program provides in the establishment of an environmental awareness center and training of indigenous teachers for urban schools.
The Center
In practice, the environmental awareness center will invite groups and individual students from various levels for a visit of one day or longer. Trained indigenous teachers and guides from the center offer guidance in studying, experiencing and appreciating nature. Knowledge and understanding of the coherence between soil and life is the focal point in our fieldwork. The center will also provide knowledge about sustainable living, with emphazis on urban areas and inform about the value of the Amazon for our climate and our planet.
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