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"Cesar Lopez Tanchiva strolls through the tropical rainforest with a
sure-footedness that comes with decades of experience. Despite his
authoritative appearance — a prim, khaki uniform and tall, jade green boots —
the 37-year-old grew up here in the jungle.
But since 2013, Tanchiva has taken on a new role as a state-sanctioned
protector of his home, the Cordillera Azul, a densely forested national park in
eastern Peru on the edge of the Amazon. He coordinates a team of 20 Indigenous
rangers from the village of Yamino who patrol their community’s 112 square
miles of protected land.
“We have created a new kind of vigilance in our society,” says Tanchiva, whose
team is equipped with GPS trackers, video cameras and drones to ward off
against illegal loggers, miners and narcotraffickers in the territory. “We are
able to use these new technologies as well as our knowledge that we have
learned over many generations.”
This initiative in the Cordillera Azul — which is run by the Center for
Conservation, Research and Management of Natural Areas (CIMA), a Peruvian
nonprofit — is part of an effort to forge a new model of conservation that
treats the well-being of local communities as a fundamental element of, and
objective for, its long-term success."
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
