by amazonecology
October 02, 2013
By Campbell Plowden The CACE rosewood project began in the summer of 2012 when we collected and distilled some leaves from one rosewood tree near Brillo Nuevo in the Ampiyacu River region. It was the lone survivor of a few …
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October 02, 2013
By Campbell Plowden See: The rosewood project in Peru – Part 1: Progress in the Ampiyacu Near the end of our six weeks in Peru, my son Luke and I took a one hour flight from Iquitos to Pucallpa to …
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October 01, 2013
by Campbell Plowden Our mission for the day was to check on the status of rosewood seedlings planted in the fields of four families in the Bora village of Brillo Nuevo. We taught one group of four young men to …
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September 30, 2013
by Campbell Plowden I generally don’t give away many of my old clothes because my size and fashion sense haven’t changed for 30 years and I wear my shirts until the collars are worn through. Other members of my family, …
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September 23, 2013
by Campbell Plowden One of CACE’s main projects is investigating the ecology and sustainable harvest of resin from copal (Burseraceae) trees and developing ways to distill and market the essential oil extracted from it and other aromatic plants. Our study …
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September 07, 2013
By Campbell Plowden It had been an intense first week in the Ampiyacu full of meetings, workshops, and long days in the field. I was really looking forward to going fishing on Sunday to relax. Our long-time friend Beder agreed …
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September 05, 2013
By Campbell Plowden Residents of the Bora native community of Brillo Nuevo are used to the Yaguasyacu River flooding for a few months during the rainy season that coincides with the winter months in North America. Families who live in …
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August 29, 2013
By Campbell Plowden CACE’s relationship with the public health clinic in Jenaro Herrera began when my daughter Marissa Plowden volunteered there in the summers of 2006 and 2007. Since 2008, CACE has used part of its social rebate from the …
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August 28, 2013
by Campbell Plowden All artisans from native communities in the Peruvian Amazon use a wide variety of roots, fruit, leaves and bark to dye the fiber of chambira palm trees to weave and sell beautiful handicrafts. These materials come from …
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August 27, 2013
by Campbell Plowden The chambira palm tree is the most important plant to most artisans of northern Peru. They cut one young stem from the spiny palm tree and extract the fibers from its leaves to weave into a variety …
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August 27, 2013
by Campbell Plowden Every summer, I take a break from supporting CACE work in Peru from afar to join our project team in the Amazon. I’ve gotten used to spending a full day in a boat to reach a remote …
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August 21, 2013
By Campbell Plowden Four years ago, musician Gary Geykis asked me if the Peruvian native artisan who made the anaconda design belt he wore to hold up his pants could weave chambira palm fiber into a longer and wider strap …
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by amazonecology
July 17, 2013
Please help CACE win $!000 to support native artisans and forest conservation in the Peruvian Amazon. Go to http://tinyurl.com/AmazPhoto and vote for our project photo below in the GlobalGiving Photo Contest. Our composite photo was chosen as a finalist in …
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July 02, 2013
June 10 – Iquitos, Peru Our lancha (ferry) leaves for Pebas in 45 minutes so I have just enough time to write a quick blog with some highlights of the first few days of this summer’s trip to Peru. My …
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May 24, 2013
Greetings friends. Please check out “Artisans of the Ampiyacu” below or on the AmazonEcology Channel on YouTube at: http://tinyurl.com/PeruArtisans. It tells the story in intimate images and music of the native artisans that the Center for Amazon Community Ecology works …
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November 26, 2012
Greetings friends. Our Center for Amazon Community Ecology project to create sustainable livelihoods for native communities & promote forest conservation in Peru is now “live” with the Global Giving at http://goto.gg/12229. We need to raise at least $5,000 from at …
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