Environmental Defense Fund 26d ago

In this episode, Mark Moroge sits down with Fermin Chimatani Tayori, President of ANECAP, the leader of the Harakbut people of Madre De Dios Peru and a globally recognized expert of Amazonian Indigenous REDD+. Fermin talks about the traditional role of fires in Indigenous forest communities and what resources and strategies are needed for effective fire management against a backdrop of worsening wildfires – driven by climate change, drought and illegal activities – that have now spread to the Peruvian Amazon. --- Producer: Mohammad Shahhosseini, EDF Planning and Communications: Judit Langh, Raul Arce-Contreras, EDF Editor & Animator: Meysam Mirzendehdel & Diego Acosta --- On (Wild)fire Podcast - Frame.io - Frame.io 00:00: Introduction/Overview 00:05 Wildfires and Peruvian Indigenous communities 00:11: The effects of wildfires in the Peruvian Amazon 00:16: How does ANECAP address the challenge of wildfires? 00:21: IFM and ancestral knowledge 00:23: Early warning systems 00:28: How is wildfire prevention and firefighting coordinated in practice in Peru? 00:35: Fire preparedness in Peru 00:39: Early warning systems 00:40: Vision for how technical innovation can aid fire management 00:42: Vision for the year ahead 00:46: Summary --- Vision 2030: https://www.edf.org/vision-2030 --- Follow EDF: https://www.facebook.com/EnvDefenseFund https://www.instagram.com/environmental_defense_fund https://www.twitter.com/EnvDefenseFund https://www.linkedin.com/company/environmental-defense https://www.tiktok.com/@envdefensefund