ASB Voices series
The ASB Voices series aims to convey for a broad audience the insights and perspectives from people's real-life experiences and challenges in the humid tropics. In doing so, it highlights the implications for the global environment of peoples' choices under severe resource constraints. The companion series ASB Voices of the Future provides the perspective of younger members of these households, especially adolescents.
Building the Future
(August 2007)
A select group comprising of more than twenty participants (researchers, university students, development agencies representatives, indigenous authorities, and environmental development experts) convened for a one day focus group meeting on the future of Ucayali. This Voices shows a brief summary of their analyses and reflections about the future of the region. - PDF Spanish
Building the Future
(August 2007)
A two day convention at UNAMAD on regional challenges was attended by more than twenty young students from National University Madre de Dios, Perú (UNAMAD), National University San Antonio Abad del Cusco in Puerto Maldonado and Technological Institute Jorge Basadre. This Voices summarizes their analyses and proposals for a better future. - PDF Spanish
Building the Future
(August 2007)
In May 2005, two workshops on the future of the Chalaco watershed were held in Chalaco District, Piura, north of Peru. More than twenty technical staff and higher education students attended the first workshop, while 25 high school students graced the second one. This Voices summarizes their analyses and proposals for a better future.
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Dwi and Anton: Weighing the risks of insecure land rights in Sumber Jaya, Indonesia
(October 2002)
Brothers Dwi and Anton have grown up in a family that values education highly. Their mother teaches pre-school, and their father is a clerk in the local high school. Full PDF Version
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Bernadino Dumo: Leading by example in Mindanao, the Philippines
(October 2002)
In 1980, Bernadino Dumo and his wife Levy watched in fear as the rebel New People's Army invaded their land in Misamis Oriental Province of northern Mindanao. Full PDF Version
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Somkit Kirikumsap: Preserving traditions, conserving resources
(September 2002)
Somkit Kirikumsap is a lifetime resident and current village head of Phapueng, a Karen community nestled in the valleys of northern Thailand's mountainous Chiang Mai Province. Full PDF Version - PDF Français
Nicanor Pinedo and Julia Espinoza: Partners on the Path to Progress
(June 2002)
Husband and wife Nicanor Pinedo and Julia Espinoza migrated to the Peruvian Amazon district of Padre Abad from the highlands of Huanuco in 1985. Full PDF Version
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Elena Trigoso-Grandes: Organising for Progress and Equality in Ucayali, Peru
(May 2002)
When the Rural Women Producers' Association of Ucayali (AMUCAU) was founded in February 1994, Elena Trigoso-Grandes eagerly volunteered to be one of its 140 pioneer members. Full PDF Version
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Virgulino da Costa Nascimento: Coming Full Circle in the Brazilian Amazon
(September 2001)
Acre State, in the far west of the Brazilian Amazon, lies in one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on our planet. It is a place where settlers driven by poverty elsewhere in Brazil go to seek opportunities to make their fortune. Full PDF Version - PDF Français PDF Portuguese PDF Spanish
Prisca Oye: Looking to a Future Beyond the Forests of Central Africa
(August 2001)
After a day of fieldwork in the forest surrounding her village in Cameroon, 13-year-old Prisca Oye walks home on a logging road. She is carrying a machete used to clear forest and a shotgun her stepfather uses for hunting. Full PDF Version PDF Français
The Riquez Family: Perseverance in the Peruvian Amazon
(July 2001)
In 1992, Gregorio Riquez migrated from Peru's high jungle to the thinly populated province of Ucayali in the steamy lowlands of the Amazon Basin. Full PDF Version - PDF Français PDF Spanish