THE SHIWIAR RAINFOREST INITIATIVE 2000

The work in this report was done over the summer of 2000 by a team of UK and Ecuadorian researchers and students, with the aim of assisting in the progress towards a sustainable future for the Shiwiar people.

The results of this work are published in a report available to download in PDF chapters as listed below. It is available in English, and in Spanish where indicated. Spanish version is available on request and will be added here when I get some time to do it!

Other records include a set of tapes of all interviews, currently held by the Shiwiar organization in Puyo, and a video about the trip.

Contents

Introduction/Introduccion  PDF16 MB (LARGE FILE WARNING!)

Achievements/Logros PDF 160 KB

Shiwiar Community History

Workshops (Dollarisation, Health and Ecotourism) PDF 2.5 MB

Fauna PDF 8.5MB (Large File)

Flora: 

  Introduction PDF 1MB

  Chacras PDF 14.4MB (Large File)

  Healing PDF 13.8MB (Large File)

  Ceramics PDF 5.62MB
 
  Fibres PDF 4.6MB
 
  Hunting PDF 4.9MB

Architecture PDF 14.3MB (Large File)

Recommendations PDF 345 KB

Budget PDF 278 KB

References & contacts PDF 860 KB

Appendices

  i) Full plants list PDF 274 KB

  ii) Full animals lists w CITES status PDF 964 KB

  iii) GPS readings PDF 306 KB

  iv) Chuintsa census PDF 170 KB
 
  v) Weather notes PDF 1.37 MB

Acknowledgements Web Page