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 course of the river. Last year, he visited the eight Tsimane’ communities closest to the logjam, both upstream and downstream. This time he will employ his time visiting the communities farther upstream (as shown in the photo), and especially those farthest downstream, beyond the current starting point of the palizada.
So far this year Jorge has talked with some 70 community members across six communities. He aims to reach at least 70 more people in six additional communities, to make sure all voices and perspectives are gathered, and thus contributing to better understand how the palizada is reshaping life along the Maniqui.
