tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362115269031083756.post6650032211122949247..comments2024-03-20T19:06:07.339-04:00Comments on Notes from the Ethnoground: Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggersGlenn H. Shepardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18241377494829249336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362115269031083756.post-46585865251993424642016-05-12T23:38:19.599-04:002016-05-12T23:38:19.599-04:00Well that's certainly one valid perspective, b...Well that's certainly one valid perspective, but in the mean time, more must be done to keep gun-toting drug traffickers, loggers and gold miners out of the territories of all indigenous people, and isolated peoples especially. Ecotourism, especially that which benefits local people, can also provide a strong motivation for conservation, but only if the proper economic and political incentives are provided to keep logging, mining and agriculture away from threatened ecosystems and peoples. Glenn H. Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241377494829249336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362115269031083756.post-57656532574537539662016-04-03T00:10:34.298-04:002016-04-03T00:10:34.298-04:00what we need to do is just legalizw drugs so thes...what we need to do is just legalizw drugs so these challenges would NOT exist! <br />Here are my recent adventures in the Amazon, hopefully it inspires people to go for eco-tourism and helps preserve the jungle! ... <a href="http://www.richtrek.com/2016/03/penetrating-amazon-jungle-exploring.html" rel="nofollow">huge trees of the Tombopato Reserve</a> and ... <a href="http://www.richtrek.com/2016/03/the-macaw-clay-lick-of-tombopato.html" rel="nofollow">the macaw clay-lick on the Tombopato River of Peru</a> hope it might help!Your movie guru, Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359713825295765545noreply@blogger.com