
Acaté and Matsés develop first dictionary phone app for an Amazonian indigenous language in initiative to support native language literacy! Continue reading »
Acaté and Matsés develop first dictionary phone app for an Amazonian indigenous language in initiative to support native language literacy! Continue reading »
Matsés indigenous authors complete eight illustrated readers designed to support native language literacy and pass down traditional rainforest knowledge! Continue reading »
Acaté Field Coordinator Dr. David Fleck reports on the publication by Acaté of a reader designed to support native language literacy for the Matsés people Continue reading »
Preserving Matsés Agricultural Heritage The Matsés people of the Amazon are master farmers. Worldwide, inestimable indigenous agricultural knowledge has been lost in the process of acculturation. Forgotten often before it is realized what has been lost, the insidious erosion of traditional farming is a well paved path leading to weakened resiliency, increased dependence on outside […] Continue reading »
Small scale agriculture is one of the most important, yet least addressed, drivers of deforestation in the tropics today. In our Sustainable Agriculture Program, Acaté partners with expert Matsés farmers to develop innovative approaches to restore devitalized and eroded lands to abundance. Slash and burn agriculture, once superbly fitted in skilled hands to semi-nomadic existence, […] Continue reading »