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Marissa's Amazon Memories: 1. Welcome to Jenaro Herrera: Summer 2006
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Thursday, November 15, 2007. 1 Welcome to Jenaro Herrera: Summer 2006. For dinner. It took a little while for my digestive system to adjust and more often than not I wrapped my leftovers in a napkin to feed Bandito, the affectionate but flea ridden resident dog. Photo: Sagino (peccary) soup for lunch. © C. Plowden/Center for Amazon Community Ecology. Photo: Marissa and Victor entering data. © C. Plowden/CACE. Photo: Marissa showing Miller digital photos. © C. Plowden/CACE. 169; C. Plowden/CACE. These ent...
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Campbell's Amazon Journal: 3. Ucayali River trip, 7/18/06
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007. 3 Ucayali River trip, 7/18/06. Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Tuesday was a hectic day of preparing for and departing on the final leg of our trip to Jenaro Herrera. I took a motorcar (a motorcycle fit onto a two wheeled covered back that can carry two to three passengers) up to the main IIAP office in Quistacocha in the outskirts of Iquitos in time to meet Angel and Victor and meet Cesar at his office. When we got to the dock I realized that in our haste to leave the hotel, we had l...
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Campbell's Amazon Journal: 6. Miracle duffel, station history and Bandito, 7/21/07
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Thursday, November 22, 2007. 6 Miracle duffel, station history and Bandito, 7/21/07. Friday, July 21, 2006. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Campbell's Amazon Journal. These entries were written by Dr. Campbell Plowden - founder and President of the Center for Amazon Community Ecology. This blog is one of a series of Reports from the Field produced by the Center. Please visit our website at: http:/ www.amazonecology.org/. English version) and http:/ www.angelcecama.blogspot.com/.
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Angel in the Amazon: 4. Forest Journey - September 2006
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007. 4 Forest Journey - September 2006. Written: December 2006 (translated from Spanish original). I began a very interesting journey in September. Our goal was to find at least 100 copal trees in a primary forest. I was very enthusiastic to find them. I was accompanied in this search by Italo Meléndez, Melanio Meléndez and Mayer. Vásquez. They were woodsmen of Jenaro Herrera with. A lot of experience in investigation who knew the forest of. This area very well. Next we approache...
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Angel in the Amazon: 2. Introduction to Amazon town Jenaro Herrera
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007. 2 Introduction to Amazon town Jenaro Herrera. Written December, 2006 (translation from Spanish original). The Jenaro Herrera Center of Investigation (CIJH) is located near this town. It is a satellite center of the government Institute for Investigation of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP), whose mission is to generate and to diffuse knowledge and simple viable technologies for the sustainable forest management of the low forest that support human economic development. 4 Forest Journ...
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Angel in the Amazon: 3. Copal Resin and the Resin Weevils
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007. 3 Copal Resin and the Resin Weevils. Written December 2006 (translated from Spanish original). E larva. I take photos of the same lumps every month and send them to Dr. Plowden. He uses Photoshop to measure the lump sizes to estimate the growth of the lump and the larva inside. Photo: Resin lump made by a weevil larva. © C. Plowden/CACE. Photo: Angel installing a cone mesh trap. © C. Plowden/CACE. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Wecome to Angel in the Amazon. These stories...
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Angel in the Amazon: 5. The Rainy Season Arrives in the Peruvian Amazon
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007. 5 The Rainy Season Arrives in the Peruvian Amazon. Written: December 2006 (translated from Spanish original). The rainy season starts in December and the rivers rise. On our boat trip to Jenaro Herrera, we saw many trees floating in the rivers that are dangerous in nighttime journeys. It’s constantly raining here, and we have to do what we can to keep up with the monitoring. Photo: Angel and Italo working in the rain. © Center for Amazon Community Ecology. A small dog named ...
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Campbell's Amazon Journal: 2. Return to Lima and Iquitos, 7/17/06
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007. 2 Return to Lima and Iquitos, 7/17/06. Monday, July 17, 2006. Upon arrival in Lima we passed swiftly through immigration and retrieved three of our bags. Unfortunately our fourth bag containing all of our extra clothes and toiletries failed to arrive. As I filled out the usual forms with our forwarding information in Iquitos, I had great hopes but serious doubts we would see our bag before the end of our trip. Well, they were given a number to call to see if they could leave t...
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Marissa's Amazon Memories: November 2007
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Thursday, November 15, 2007. 3 Butterflies and Toilet Seats – Summer 2007 in Jenaro Herrera. My eyelids refuse to open. The pale sunlight burns holes through them every time I try to lift them past a squint. And yet, the incessant, shrill repetition of my watch screams, it’s 6:15 am! It’s only a Saturday morning in July, get up! The bare toes of my feet as my sandals dangle from my fingers. Thus dawns another day in which I am constantly reminded of the simplicity of joy and the joy of simplicity. Feelin...
