To run workshops on currency,
sustainable development (community
tourism) and health

To record history and present situation of the Shiwiar communities in which we worked

To research and record the use of plants in Shiwiar life

To research traditional building techniques

To make recommendations on accommodation design for foreign visitors

To collect and identify molluscs for the Natural History Museum London’s genetic family analysis and for Ecuador’s national collections (PUCE)

To record and identify animal species in Shiwiar territory

To provide financial support to the Shiwiar and ONSHIPAE

To facilitate understanding between Shiwiar people and outsiders

To promote awareness of the Shiwiar and their plans to people around the world

• Prepared workshops in the three topics using a variety of educational materials and techniques.
• Ran workshops in five different communities. Content and responses
recorded and published in this report.

• Held interviews with representatives from each community
• Recorded these interviews on tape for ONSHIPAE archives
• Collected GPS data to make a map of the territory

• Collected 86 specimens of plants deposited with and identified by QCNE.
• Recorded uses of 86 plants collected; investigated five areas of plant use.
• Results published in project report and being prepared for a small pamphlet on plants of the area.

• Study of Shiwiar building design from large permanent houses to small
hunting shelters.

• Built a shower cubicle using local materials and methods.
• Drafted designs for tourist cabins for future use by the Shiwiar.

• Collected 557 samples of molluscan fauna in Shiwiar territory. One set
deposited with PUCE and one set delivered to the Natural History Museum,
London.
• Currently undergoing genetic analysis at NHM.

• Many species identified. Results published in report.
• 81 different species of animals seen and recorded; also recorded Shiwiar
names for a large number of rainforest animals.

• Funded an office for ONSHIPAE, with telephone line and secretarial support; supplied funding for basic materials for all Shiwiar schoolchildren;
supplied educational materials on health, dollarisation and ecotourism to
members of each community; provided a limited number of spaces on flights into and out of Shiwiar territory; paid all working participants for their time; purchase goods and food from Shiwiar community members during expedition.

• Meetings and workshops as well as research created many opportunities for mutual education. Emphasis in workshops was placed on ways to make successful cultural interaction. Ran children’s workshops.

• Distribution of project reports to all sponsors, supporters and Shiwiar communities.
• Several public events held in the UK before and after the expedition have
communicated knowledge of the Shiwiar culture to the wider world.
• Established this website, www.shiwiar.net
• Shot a digital video tape of the expedition for public use
• The Eden Project has used some Shiwiar stories for their educational programme
• Ethnobotany study results entered in III Congreso de Botanica in Quito,
2000
• Contact made with Global Vision International who have set up a series of
volunteer expeditions to Shiwiar territory through 2003