Community land mapping workshop
Last fall, Digital Democracy collaborated with our partners Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) to deliver a training workshop on community based monitoring and mapping to members of indigenous and Afro descendent peoples from Peru and Colombia, including Embera-Chamani, Huitoto, Kichwa, N+pode+mak+, Shipibo and Wampis people. The five day training took place in the community of Soledad, which lies on the banks of the river Santiago, in the heart of the territory of the Wampis nation, in Northern Peru.
The communities are facing a range of threats, from land invasions and land grabs, to mining, deforestation and oil activities. In total we trained nearly 30 people to use Mapeo Mobile and Desktop to collect and analyze data. The workshop also included training in GPS devices and tools to help them publish data on online maps and websites. We're now supporting the participants remotely as they incorporate the tools into existing monitoring programs and pilot new initiatives.
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