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Amazon Watch organizes Media Training Workshops
for Amazonian indigenous and environmental leaders introducing cutting-edge
telecommunications technology and techniques for placing stories in the international
media. The Amazon Communications Team, trains and transfers mobile communications
equipment to indigenous groups on the front lines in order to increase their
capacity to fight industrial mega-projects threatening their lands.
Sample of Equipment Transferred By Amazon Communications Team
- National Council of Rubber Tappers in Rondonia, Brazil: laptop computer
- AIDESEP, Peru: laptop computer
- Racimos de Ungurahui, Peru: VCR and digital camera with tripod and full
accessories
- OPIAC, Colombia: laptop computer
- Associacao dos Seringueiros Kaxinawa do Rio Jordão (ASKARJ), Brazil:
digital camera package
- Accion Ecologica, Ecuador: digital video camera package; satellite telephone
- FINAE, Ecuador: MiniDV video package with microphones and water proof
Pelican Case; audio package with waterproof Pelican Case; laptop computer;
flatbed scanner; network cards; operating, office and Anti-virus software
in Spanish; backpack for field footage gathering; tripod; silica gel for
moisture prevention in equipment bags; blank audio and video media (60 tapes
total)
- Accion Por La Vida, Ecuador: radio scanner; 11 two-way radios; Nokia cell
phone and antennae; Mavica still digital camera; heavy duty batteries and
chargers. Outdoor gear donated from Mountain Hardware such as tents, rain
gear, and tarps valued at $1,800 and climbing equipment for 10 individuals
- FIPSE, Ecuador: 2 laptop computers; operating, office and anti-virus software
in Spanish; flatbed scanner
- CONFENAIE, Ecuador: fax machine; modem; operating, office and anti-virus
software in Spanish
- Pañacocha Communities, Ecuador: 3 HF radios
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