Wood, water and people
Palizadas, logjams forming when large pieces of wood fall into river channels, accumulate downstream, and eventually block the flow, are relatively common in small, narrow Amazonian rivers with forested banks and slow, meandering currents. When a logjam completely obstructs the river, the resulting flooding can inundate vast areas around it, sometimes causing forest dieback in […]
Across the Tsimane’ ancestral lands – Ixiamas
Jorge, our team’s travelling geographer, has ventured beyond the Maniqui River, the main focus of our research, and is now on a journey across the ancestral Tsimane’ homelands. He recently visited the Ixiamas area in the La Paz department, the northernmost region inhabited by the Tsimane’ people, which has been heavily affected by logging for […]
