Thursday, March 22, 2012

COFAN INDIANS

THE COFANS WERE ONCE NUMEROUS IN RIVERINE ECOTONES. THEY TRQDITIONALLY OCCUPIED WHAT IS TODAY THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EQUADOR AND THE REGION TO NORTH IN COLOMBIA.

THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT CONSERVQTION EFFORTS. THEY HAVE 2000 FOLKS CARING FOR 1 MILLION ACRES OF RAIN FOREST. THEY HAVE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS IN THE HEART OF OF OUR TERRITORIES TO DEVELOP A RANGER A RANGER PROGRAM. THEY HAVE MADE INVENTORIES OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL RESOURCES. SCIENTISTS GATHER INFORMATION FOR LONG TERM CONSERVATION. THE INFORMATION IS TO LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL DECISIONMAKERS.
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THEIR RANGERS HAVE HALTED DEFORESTATION IN ONE MILLION ACRES THEY PATROL AND NEARBY FORESTS. WITHOUT THEIR SUCCESS THE NATIONAL TREASURE AND CULTURAL TRADITION AND FOREST WOULD BE COMPLETELY LOST.

IN 1978 THEY BEGAN ECOTOURS BY TAKING TOURISTS ON EXOTIC AMAZON ADVENTURES. THEY BRING TOURISTS INTO THEIR WONDERFUL WORLD. THEY CAN GO ON CANOE TRIPS WITH A GUIDE AND EAT TYPICAL FOOD, AND SLEEP IN THEIR HUTS. THEY CAN TAKE PEOPLE HIKING AND STOP FOR OVERNIGHT CAMPING AND LEARN TO LIVE AS PART OF THE FOREST.

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