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| Our seven day roadtrip through Suriname in South America |
...So we opted for a roadtrip through Suriname
at the outskirts of the Amazone in South America. For this roadtrip, we could
have easily narrated a story about what is wrong with natural resource
management in Suriname. We choose otherwise and instead documented the stories of
ordinary people and their extra-ordinary engagement with nature. As development
experts we are familiar with the dynamics and complexities of environmental and
economic issues. We wanted to engage with people who face the challenge of
earning a living, while respecting their natural habitat. How do they value
wildlife, the forest and rivers? What is their vision on the environment and
how does it affect the way they think about themselves, society and their
culture? Why Suriname? Because Jennifer was born there, but more importantly
because it is at the outskirts of the Amazone, has a uniquely diverse
population and could probably narrate a story you would not hear elsewhere. We
hope that our road trip helped exchange cross-learnings among the
communities we visited and that our blog is a modest contribution to the
success of their sustainable development endeavors. We encourage you all out
there to follow into our footsteps and go discover these wonderful places and
people.
Jennifer
Baarn and Brindusa Fidanza
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more info on Suriname see: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Suriname?topic=49460
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| Suriname...where is it?? |
