Customized Atlases of the Amazon

from PRI’s The World
August 25, 2011

Aishalton, Guyana, is a dusty savanna town on the edge of tropical forest. Like many indigenous communities in and around South America’s Amazon Basin, it’s a village in transition. Some villagers fear that overhunting will become a problem.

Click below to hear a radio story about Aishalton’s unusual collaboration with international scientists and to see photos from the Guyanese savanna.

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