Mapping the Darién Gap (Spanish)

A map titled, Uso de la Tierra. The region depicted is divided into three segments. The larger segment is labeled, Cuenca. The group of smaller regio is labeled, Agricultura. The remaining region in between the first two regions is labeled, Bosque. Spanish Caption: Una oportunidad de crear planes de trabajo a largo plazo.

This video describes how indigenous communities from the tropical rainforest of Darién, Panama, use drones to map their lands. The communities use these maps to protect their territories from outside incursions and to design sustainable land-use plans. The Darién Gap is a remote tropical forest that has been home to indigenous people for thousands of years. As pressures from outside human development encroach on the forest, these communities are protecting their land using a cutting-edge tool: drones. Through a partnership with a nonprofit organization, the Rainforest Foundation, they map their community boundaries to secure land titles, create sustainable land-use plans, and monitor their forests against logging and ranching.

(Source: DCMP)

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  • Mapping the Darién Gap (Spanish)

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    Spanish Captions - Auditory, Spanish Audio Descriptions - Visual
    Languages:
    Spanish
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Length:
    10 minutes