Video: Dary Aguinda: Can bamboo save the Amazon? | #GLFAmazonia Must-see Speakers

How can bamboo help safeguard the future of the Amazon? Amazonian women have tasked themselves with preserving the Amazon’s bamboo supplies.

At #GLFAmazonia, leading Ecuadorian Kichwa activist Dary Aguinda discusses the importance of Amazonian bamboo and its role in fighting against climate change.

Audio en Español;
English subtitle is available;

Publisher: Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Language: English

Year: 2021

Ecosystem(s): Forests

Location(s): Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Peru

HOSTS

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería - República del Ecuador
Pastaza

SPEAKERS

Pablo Jácome

Regional Director for Latin América and Caribbean, International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR)
Carlos Restrepo Agudelo

Technical Coordinator, Caquetá Guadua, Colombia
Dary Aguinda

President, Kiwcha Amukina Women's Association, Ecuador
Jaime Guevara

Mayor, Mayor, Província de Pastaza, Ecuador
Maija Peltola

Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Guyana
Marino Velasco

Indigenous Leader and President, Security of the Asháninka Pampa Michi Native Community, Peru
Roberto Alulima

Undersecretary of Forestry Production, Ministry of Agriculture of Ecuador
Shakira Andy

Youth, Kiwcha Amukina Women's Association, Ecuador
Ximena Londoño

Member, Colombia National Council of Guadua, Bamboo Productive Chain and its Agroindustry
Yanua Atamain

Communicator and Indigenous leader, Rio Soritor Native Community, Awajún, Rioja Province - San Martin Department, Peru