Although we have not had any news from British Exploring, according to the itinerary, today Taramandua and Jungle Fever fires will travel by boat to Salvación.
Salvación is the capital of the Manu region with a population of about 3000. Local village communities like this comprise mainly of settlers from the Andes who tend to have lived in the region for 5 - 20 years. The population of the Manu Biospere Reserve comprises of a number of different ethnic groups. Many of the people live in poverty and malnutrition in the children living in the area is high.
Soil quality on the floodplains of the Alto Madre de Dios is extremely poor and little can be grown on it. Lack of resources and education make it extremely difficult to derive a livelihood from the land. As a result, there is considerable economic dependence on non-sustainable living and the extensive use of bad farming practices. Unemployment is high and there are very few long-term employment opportunities outside of destructive practices such as mining, logging and slash and burn agriculture. Consequently, virtually all food is currently transported long distances, along unreliable routes and at considerable cost.
Approximately 30% of houses in Salvación do not have running water. The town does, however, have some facilities including a school, pre-schools and a further education institute, internet cafe, shops and restaurants.
The Crees foundation promotes a sustainable Amazon by helping the local people to develop sustainable and prosperous livelihoods and to use the resources of the Amazon in ways that will help preserve it for future generations. One such enterprise is to help the locals in the creation of organic biogardens. By encouraging the locals to grow fresh and nutritious food, they will improve the health of their families and grow a surplus which they can send to market and produce a steady income for themselves.
Over the next nine days, Taramandua and Jungle Fever fires will be helping the CREES Foundation with their Biogarden project, to help the locals to live more healthily and more sustainably.
Salvación is the capital of the Manu region with a population of about 3000. Local village communities like this comprise mainly of settlers from the Andes who tend to have lived in the region for 5 - 20 years. The population of the Manu Biospere Reserve comprises of a number of different ethnic groups. Many of the people live in poverty and malnutrition in the children living in the area is high.
Soil quality on the floodplains of the Alto Madre de Dios is extremely poor and little can be grown on it. Lack of resources and education make it extremely difficult to derive a livelihood from the land. As a result, there is considerable economic dependence on non-sustainable living and the extensive use of bad farming practices. Unemployment is high and there are very few long-term employment opportunities outside of destructive practices such as mining, logging and slash and burn agriculture. Consequently, virtually all food is currently transported long distances, along unreliable routes and at considerable cost.
Approximately 30% of houses in Salvación do not have running water. The town does, however, have some facilities including a school, pre-schools and a further education institute, internet cafe, shops and restaurants.
The Crees foundation promotes a sustainable Amazon by helping the local people to develop sustainable and prosperous livelihoods and to use the resources of the Amazon in ways that will help preserve it for future generations. One such enterprise is to help the locals in the creation of organic biogardens. By encouraging the locals to grow fresh and nutritious food, they will improve the health of their families and grow a surplus which they can send to market and produce a steady income for themselves.
Over the next nine days, Taramandua and Jungle Fever fires will be helping the CREES Foundation with their Biogarden project, to help the locals to live more healthily and more sustainably.
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