Amazon rainforest In an indigenous community of the Amazonian rainforest, the line between family and community becomes blurry. The village consists of five inhabitants, all of whom are related by blood or marriage. Every November, tribe members flock to the maloka, the hut-like structure that hou[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’
October 15th, 2009 - 6:55 pm § in Around Town, Bolivia
Amazon Burning: Blog Action Day 2009
The fire raged ahead. It was so high I could make out the flames reaching above the treetops on the eastern bank of the river on one of the Amazon’s many tributaries, Rio Mamore. It was an image of destruction, not unlike watching a tragedy unfold on the news with eyes glued to the image, [...][...]
