supporting-the-the-transfer-of traditional-knowledge

2007-02-14T08:11:09Z

neuroconservation

the BLUEMIND2 Summit will be held on June 4-5th on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Why do books and symposia about the human brain, the most complex object in the universe, contain no mention of the ocean, the single greatest feature of our planet? Why do books and conferences on protecting and restoring the world’s oceans entirely overlook the field of cognitive neuroscience?

supporting traditional knowledge

Ocean Revolution works with Indigenous Communities to support projects, provide funding skills, facilitate knowledge-transfer, and create international networks capable of influencing local, regional and global action; bringing recognition to these communities, helping to assuring justice, and providing a framework for responsible economic development.

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A major Leatherback nesting area was recently discovered in Armila, Panama, home of Kuna Indians who have been protecting these leatherbacks for hundreds of years. The communities of Armila and Yandup (a significant Hawksbill nesting area), over 9 hours apart by boat, are struggling to spread prohibitions on the possession of turtle to all of Panama. They are demanding a return to their traditional turtle protections to rebuild populations decimated by years of outsider’s demands for turtle products for medicinal and consumptive purposes. In 2010 the Kuna, supported by Ocean Revolution declared their territory a protected area and held the first Panama Sea Turtle Festival

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Small scale fisheries projects in areas with rich resources and community infrastructure can often accomplish much. This project, a $40Mil, eight year collaboration between the UN, the Governments of Norway and Belgium and our partner IDDPE of the Ministry of Fisheries may be such a project. The project closed in March 2012. We will make an evaluation from a community perspective in 2013.

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This film was made by Romelia and Eunice Barnett. Led by the Comcáac Environmental Monitoring team, young members of the Comcáac tribe in Sonora Mexico have begun a project of monitoring and restoring the mangroves which are the nursery for their traditional fisheries. They collect "orphan seedling" (ones that have become displaced and dislocated by human impact, storms, and other natural events. They raise them to a survivable size in discarded plastic bottles and then plant them in areas that have been damaged by human and natural causes. This not only restores the "nursery" area. Mangroves are a major "carbon sink" for excess C02 generated by the burning of fossil fuels.

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A revolution is going on in Tofo, Mozambique. In the past two years the first 21 Mozambican divers ever to have reached the professional levels of instructors and divemasters along the East African Coast have formed Bitonga Divers. They have become the boldest defenders of healthy oceans, sustainable utilization of marine resources, and strong economies. Listen to Rodrigues Temoteo talk about his transformation from a sea hunter to a champion of species protection