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Sustainability
Denise

In the Garden of Deeden: Foraging

Families in Amazonia certainly rely on their home gardens for much of their food, and take surplus to markets in Iquitos or Puerto Maldonado, for example, to supplement their income

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Terri Shadle

Shaken Not Stirred

ACEER is shaking things up! We’re proud to welcome new members to the team and to celebrate current members as they continue to grow professionally in their careers and in

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Sustainability
Denise

In the Garden of Deeden: Growing Up

Anyone walking in the Amazon Rainforest knows that the forest is tall, very tall. From the herbaceous layer of plants on the forest floor through shrubs, understory trees, canopy trees

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Stingless Bees in Hive in Peruvian Amazon Rainforest
Sustainability
Dylan Francis

Stingless Bees

“Ha! Careful, they’ll try and go up your nose!” I turn and see Jospeh See, an ACEER conservation fellow, covered in bees. As they’re latching onto his hair and covering

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Sustainability
Judith Westveer

Roads, rice and ranches

The metal bridge in downtown Puerto Maldonado, above the mighty and murky Madre de Dios river, is not just any bridge. This 750-meter long suspension bridge, officially called the ‘Puente

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Indigenous Cultures
Terri Shadle

Both/And: Thanksgiving

For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks: thanks for our family, friends, our good luck: small and large, while heaping our plates with turkey, stuffing, potatoes and

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Conservation
Miguel Monteiro

The quest for the black panther

A light rain trickled down the leaves of the dense forest, glistening as the morning sun penetrated through the clouds. A troop of capuchin and squirrel monkeys passed noisily over

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