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Indians Use Google Earth and GPS to Protect Amazon

Here's a very cool use of all these advanced online tools:

EXCERPT: "Deep in the most remote jungles of South America, Amazon Indians (Amerindians) are using Google Earth, Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping, and other technologies to protect their fast-dwindling home. Tribes in Suriname, Brazil, and Colombia are combining their traditional knowledge of the rainforest with Western technology to conserve forests and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions, which include profound knowledge of the forest ecosystem and medicinal plants.  "

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Culturally appropriate mapping

I was glad to see that they are using Google Maps to create maps of their land that include, "longitude, latitude, altitude, historical context, sacred sites, and spiritual or mythological sites, where invisible creatures mark watersheds and areas of high biodiversity as off-limits to exploitation."

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
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