Documenting impacts from the palizada from the air
Besides conducting a survey on impacts from and perceptions of the palizada, Jorge is documenting its materials effects on the Tsimane’ lives and livelihoods, using a flying camera for that purpose. So far, Jorge has captured several striking landscape features, from banana fields flooded for two years (in the picture), to the lagoons left behind […]
Back in the field, assessing the impacts of the palizada
Jorge is back in the field, picking his work up where he left it last season. He continues conducting a survey on local perceptions and the socio-environmental impacts of the palizada on the Maniqui River, the massive logjam that for many years now has been disturbing the lives of hundreds of families in the lower […]
On the Tsimane’ road
Although probably less known than the Maniqui River, the area between Yucumo and Rurrenabaque is one of the core centres of the ancestral lands of the Tsimane’ people. On the western side of the road connecting the two towns lies the TCO and Biosphere Reserve Pilón Lajas, one of the most important protected areas in […]
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 […]
