The Surui Cultural Map shows the Surui tribe of the Amazon's vision of their forest, including their territory and traditional history. To create this map, Surui youth interviewed their elders to document and map their ancestral sites, such as the site of first contact with western civilization in 1969, places where the tribes battled with colonists in the 1970s, as well as places of interest, like sightings of jaguars, capybaras and toucans. To preserve their forest and their livelihood, the Surui are entering the Carbon Credit marketplace with software called Open Data Kit to measure carbon and monitor any illegal logging in their forests using Android smartphones.
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Published on Jun 16, 2012
EarthSayers | Rebecca Moore |
Organizations | Google Earth Outreach Program; Surui People |
EarthSayers Rating | Recommended |
Country | Ecuador |
Date | unknown |
Format | Documentary |
Member of Special Collection | Forests |
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