1. Making a Difference Award
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AmazonGISnet
Richard Resl
Founder & Coordinator
Domingo Ankuash
Regional Leader
2. “A rainbow cannot be reduced to a prism.”
Alexander von Humboldt
The Self Determined Atlas Project
Amazonian
Indigenous Nations11
3. “Man can only act upon nature, and appropriate
her forces to his use by comprehending her laws.”
Alexander von Humboldt
Life Plan
4. NO vivimos en el bosque, SOMOS PARTE del bosque.
We do not live in the forest, we are part of the forest.
NO pensamos en DISCIPLINAS, sino tratamos de comprender en CONJUNTO nuestra VIDA.
We do not think in disciplines, we naturally wish to understand the whole.
NO creemos en la ACCUMULACION de los BIENES, más bien USAMOS lo que necesitamos.
We do not believe in accumulation of goods, instead we use what we need.
NO tenemos una historia por ESCRITA, hemos preferido a enseñar y pasar el CONOCIMIENTO en la
mañana y tarde CARA a CARA contando a nuestros hijos.
We do not have a written history, we prefer the daily storytelling session within the
family before sunrise.
Statements of Domingo
5. Messages of Domingo
NO nos gusta que PIENSEN que somos POBRES, - NO SOMOS POBRES!
We do not want to be thought of as poor people, we definitely are not.
LO que necesitamos que nos ESCUCHEN, pongan ATENCION antes que nos conviertan POBRES!
We need your attention and concern before we become poor.
HACIENDO NOS PROBRES seria cuando PERDEMOS nuestro TERRITORIO.
Becoming poor for us means having to leave our land.
Y esto TRISTEMENTE significaría, ahí MAS BIEN MORIR.
And that means sadly enough, we would rather die.
6. Plans of Domingo
NOSOTROS PODEMOS DAR la VUELTA a la HISTORIA – AHORA!
We can turn history around now.
PODEMOS APRENDER de las SEÑALES en el CIELO. Que significan…
We can learn from the signs in the sky.
COMENCEMOS ahora a SALVAR y SEMBRAR ARBOLES en cada jardín, en todos los
territorios del planeta.
We can start saving our own little forest everywhere.
NOSOTROS estamos dispuestos a asesorarles MIENTRAS que VIVIMOS.
We are happy to teach you while we are still around.
7. The Future of Domingo
DEJENOS un par de años a organizarnos y re-organizarnos en PAZ.
We need now a few years in peace to get organized.
NECESITAMOS MAPAS para ser ESTRATEGICOS y CUIDADOSOS.
We need maps to be strategic and mindful.
Necesitamos de USTEDES que sean PARTE, protegiendo al PULMON desde afuera.
We need you to be equally mindful towards us protecting the rainforest
from the outside.
Les INVITAMOS a participar y enseñarles tal como a ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT justo AYER.
We will then invite you to learn how to protect it from the inside, like we taught
Alexander von Humboldt just “yesterday”.
8. Final Statements of Domingo
TODO SIGUE INTACTO, no ha cambiado nada desde que nos visitó HUMBOLDT, pero ahora SI
estamos con la MAPA.
Nothing has really changed since the visit of Humboldt, but we are
on the map.
NO tememos CARROS, pero ahora tenemos GIS – para proteger nuestro territorio.
We don’t have cars, but we have GIS on our cell-phones now…
…not that we need this technology to navigate through the forest…
…but to protect it (and us).
9. Final Statements of Domingo
Pensamos MANTENER el record para nuestra generación y las FUTURAS generaciones del PLANETA.
We want to keep up records for the next generations to come.
10. Imagination and Rational Thought.
Poetry and Science.
Combination of Nature and Art.
GIS and Maps
Have Given Us a New Language — For Understanding