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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/niede-guidons-50-year-fight-to-protect-serra-da-capivara-the-americas-largest-prehistoric-site/>
"Niéde Guidon has long since stopped her walks through Serra da Capivara
National Park. Living as a recluse since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the archaeologist, who retired from her position as president of the Museum of
the American Man Foundation (FUMDHAM) in 2020, has become used to her life of
isolation. “At 90, I think I’ve already worked quite enough. My friends,
volleyball and tennis matches and even a bit of reading keep me company [from
day to day],” the Franco-Brazilian researcher told
Mongabay.
Guidon has lived with her dogs in a house at the back of the FUMDHAM, in the
city of São Raimundo Nonato, in the rural interior of the northeastern state of
Piauí, for 30 years. And now, between journeys between France and Brazil,
threats from powerful figures and scientific achievements, she is celebrating
the reopening of the national park that she helped to create, after it had
remained closed during the pandemic and the insecurity caused by the government
of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The scientist, who celebrated her 90th birthday on March 12, has received a
series of tributes this year to mark the occasion. With her movement now
restricted because of the arthritis she developed after having contracted
chikungunya in 2016, Guidon has already handpicked the events she will attend
in person. One of these was an event that took place on June 9, in which most
of the town of São Raimundo Nonato came out in force to celebrate Guidon’s life
and career.
The event was attended by the French Consul General in Recife, Jérémie Faucon,
and the acting governor of Piauí, Themístocles Filho, and a whole host of other
political and academic personalities who landed at the municipality’s recently
reopened airport — a long-standing wish of the archaeologist, who was labeled
by some as a “megalomaniac” for the many pet projects she backed throughout her
life to improve the social, infrastructural and scientific conditions of the
area surrounding the park."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-school-meals-transit-us-ecuador-conservation/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
