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WELCOME
To Project Amazonas!
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YOUR SUGGESTIONS!
We are a USA and Peruvian non-profit research, conservation, education
and humanitarian-oriented organization with operations in
the upper Amazon River region in the Republic of Peru. Our
goals are:
1)
To provide people living in
remote areas of the Peruvian Amazon with a system of medical
care and health education that combines modern medicine
with effective traditional practices;
2) To foster conservation, biological,
medical, and environmental research and activities
in the Peruvian Amazon, including support for Peruvian students
to work at Project Amazonas biological field stations, and
to promote the intelligent and sustainable use of rainforest
resources to the benefit of the people who live there; and
3) To promote public awareness and
appreciation for the Amazon rainforest, both in Peru
and worldwide.
Visit the
Amazon with us--through this website, or in person. In
learning more about the rivers, rainforests, plants, animals
and people that are part of this vast and globally-important
ecosystem, we hope that you will be inspired and stimulated to
make a positive difference in the Amazon and also in your own
corner of the
world.
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NEWS,
EVENTS & PROJECTS
10 May 2008
- Amazon Presentation & Fund-raiser. Save the date!
Join us at the
Suyu Cultural Affairs &
Art Gallery in North Miami from 6-8 PM on Saturday 10
May for a public presentation on the Amazon. Enjoy light
refreshments and art, as well as get to know us and others
with an interest in the Amazon!
2008 -
Florida International University students take on the Amazon!
Students in the Amazon program at FIU's Honors College will
spend July 2008 in the Amazon...more
2008-Mar:
Amazon Festival Benefit - A big thank-you to
Tobacco Road (Coral
Gables) and its staff, and to Dr. Jim Riach of Florida
International University for hosting and organizing a great
benefit program on 8 March 2008. Participating groups included the traditional
Andean ensemble Kuyayky, Peruvian singer Lisbeth, Flute and
Charango player Carlos Ochoa, Indie rockers Kingsly, and others.
Over $600 was raised toward student scholarships for
FIU Amazon
Program students who will be conducting service projects
in Peru in July.
2008-Feb:
A 12-day Medical Service Expedition with
participants from the University of Mississippi School of
Medicine, Dartmouth University School of Medicine, Project
Amazonas and the Peruvian Ministry of Health and School of
Medicine of the National University of the Peruvian Amazon was
a great success with over 1,235 patients seen in 15
communities. A full report with photos is coming soon!
The
Sabalillo Forest Reserve expanded to nearly 25,000 acres
(9,800 ha) in 2005. The reserve now protects pristine
rainforest on both banks of the Apayacu River...more
Medical
service trips in January and February 2006
will visit the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve and continue medical
and research activities in partnership with the University
of Mississippi...more
Birdlife
International designated the Rio Orosa as an Important Bird
Area (IBA) in Peru in 2005. This area includes
the Madre Selva and Paucarillo field stations, and is of high
conservation value due to the presence of range-restricted...more
An
eight-hundred year-old Devil's Garden at Madre Selva
has received international attention thanks to Stanford PhD
student Megan Frederickson. Her research was...more
The
Ecosistmas Amazonicos course operated by the Organization
for Tropical Studies (OTS) returned to Madre
Selva for a fourth year in June 2005. Twenty-two students
from across Latin America participated in the Spanish language...more
Madre
Selva trails were mapped and a school agroforestry project
moved forward in May-June 2005, thanks to Quebec volunteer
Olivier Drouin. Mr. Drouin also assisted with...more
The
annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and
Conservation in July 2004 in Miami was well
attended by students and researchers who have done research
at Project Amazonas field sites in the Amazon...more
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