Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win forest carbon payments (fwd link)

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Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win
forest carbon payments

Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
November 29, 2009

A new handbook lays out the methodology for cultural mapping, providing
indigenous groups with a powerful tool for defending their land and culture,
while enabling them to benefit from some 21st century advancements. Cultural
mapping may also facilitate indigenous efforts to win recognition and
compensation under a proposed scheme to mitigate climate change through forest
conservation. The scheme—known as REDD for reducing emissions from
deforestation and degradation—will be a central topic of discussion at next
month's climate talks in Copenhagen, but concerns remain that it could fail to
deliver benefits to forest dwellers.

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