Indigenous environmental monitoring against overexploitation in Amazonia

The Amazon region is attracting more global attention than ever before. In recent years, dry spells in the Amazon have been so extreme that entire rivers have dried up and forest fires have increased significantly. The expansion of (illegal) gold mines into indigenous territories, the extraction of natural resources such as gas, illegal deforestation and the cultivation of coca are also steadily increasing. This increases the pressure on the habitats of indigenous communities and the region's natural ecosystems. In view of this situation, indigenous communities are strengthening their local monitoring and surveillance practices in cooperation with NGOs and state actors, as well as through the use of new technologies such as smartphones, GPS and drones. Companies in the extractive sector are also increasingly obliged to monitor their activities transparently - in cooperation with indigenous communities. On this evening, we will talk to two former indigenous environmental monitors from Peru who have years of experience in community-based environmental monitoring and will share their perspectives, knowledge and practice with us. Marlene Piñarreal Serrano (Machiguenga) is a former environmental guardian in the lower Urubamba Valley and monitored gas exploitation in Camisea for many years Luis Miguel Tayori Kendero (Harakbut) is the former head of the monitoring and control system of the Amarakaeri communal reserve in Madre de Dios and has led training courses, among other things. The event will be held in German and Spanish with translation. Organizer: Volkshochschule Freiburg, Information Center Peru, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Forest Research Institute Freiburg - Registration required.

Course number: 261102500