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Team 10 Definition of an A:
-investigate and evaluate the economic and social cost/benifit relationship of preserving the Amazon
-investigate and evaluate past development
of the region and its social and economic impact
-applying these judgments to the Mission's proposed plan of sustainable
development
-develop strategies to maintain or improve local economic and social stability and counteract possible adjustments inherent to the Mission plan.
-analyze the present economic status as well as possible ramifications
of the projects on the region, both on a
local scale, and in a global context. examples of pertinent
factors may include:
-the effects of limitations on exported goods.
-the effects tourism-related changes.
-the effects of foreign economic intrusion into the region.
-analyze the present social conditions as well as possible ramifications
of the projects on Amazonian society. examples of pertinent
factors may include:
-the ethics of restrictive policies that limit the behavior of indigenious
populations
-the cultural awareness of the project
-forcasting the response of Amazonian society to the project.
-plan a budget for the project and allocate money to each aspect that requires funds
-research into possible sources of funding for the project
-determine to what extent preservation of the rainforest in its present state and/or controlled development of the region is socially and economically sustainable
-collaborate with other teams at
least once every two weeks to help maintain strategies that are economically
and socially feasible
- each team member will act as a liasion to at least one other team; we
will review and revise all of the other teams'
plans to verify social and economic feasibility
9/25/02: Group distribution of
responsibilities
I am responisible
for the following:
Of the estimated original 4 billion
acres of rainforest, only about 2.7 billion remain. According to World
Wildlife Fund, 54 acres per minute are lost. The
Rainforest Action Network says it is more like 100 acres
per minute. The World Resources Institute says 74,000 acres a day are lost
and the Smithsonian
Institute claims the loss of 100,000 square miles a year.
The NewYork Rainforest Alliance reports 50 to 100 acres a minute. Earth
Island Institute declares
100 acres a minute (a football field a second). The Office
of Technological Assessments (Congressional Study Group) says 17.5 million
acres a year. The
National Academy of Science projects 6% of the remaining
forest could be lost each year.
Nic and I decided to to split up and look into as many potential donors
as possible.
Friday October 25 I wrote an e-mail to LOTS of different rainforest
organizations. These are the potential donors to our project.
This is the e-mail that I sent:
To whom it may concern
Hello. My name is Christina
Huang and I am a freshman at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am currently participating
in an
annual freshmen seminar called ?Mission 2006.? I am writing to you
regarding
a
class assignment for which the ultimate goal is to:
Develop a way to characterize and monitor the well-being of the one
last
true
frontiers on Earth - the Amazon Basin Rainforest - and devise a set
of
practical strategies to ensure its preservation.
My job is to compose a budget for overall project. This requires research
on
the possible sources of funding. I was wondering if your organization
had
such
available funds, if so can you give a rough estimate of how much? If
not, do
you have any suggestions as to where to look for funding?
Please do not be alarmed; I am not asking for real money, but just a
hypothetical estimate of financial support. If you have any questions
about
Mission 2006 please do not hesitate to visit our website:
http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/kvh/community.html
Thank you so much for your
time. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
Christina Huang
Class of 2006
The following are the different organizations that I worte to:
George Powell, Senior scientist @ WWF
Angela Furtado from theWrld Bank
Hutton Archer GEF contact (Global Envirnmental Facility)
Pachamama
http://pachamama.org/about/index.htm
The mission of The Pachamama Alliance is: (1) To preserve the Earth's
tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural
custodians. (2) To contribute to the creation
of a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all.
Planet-save (REPLIED)
http://www.planet-save.com/
The only e-mail service in the world that allows you to save five square
feet of Amazon basin rainforest with every e-mail sent or received. All
for free.
P.E.E.R. Rainforest Conservation Page
http://members.tripod.com/~Star_World/world/rainforest.html
Rainforest Conservation YMCA Earth Service Corps Their Activities section
has lesson plans on a variety of environmental topics. "Forest Roleplay"
can be used with all age groups. "Web of
Life" can be used with other animals, but this classic ecology lesson
is shown here with organisms from the rainforest.
People Promoting Amazon Conservation and Education (PPACE,
Inc.)
http://www.latinsynergy.org
Non-profit organization dedicated to conservation of the Peruvian Amazon
rain forest, its native peoples and their cultures.
Rainforest Alliance Home Page
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization
dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests. Our mission is to develop
and promote economically viable and socially desirable
alternatives to rainforest destruction through education, research
and cooperative partnerships with businesses, governments and local peoples.
Allies in the Rainforest is an easy way for
individuals, school groups and classes, and community organizations
to directly help grassroots conservation efforts in the tropics.
Rainforest Conservation Fund (REPLIED)
http://cluster.interaccess.com/~rcf/index.html
The Rainforest Conservation Fund is an all-volunteer non-profit organization
(501)(c)(3) dedicated to preserving the world's tropical forests.
Rainforests: Diversity and Destruction
http://www.davesite.com/rainforests/
Rainforests: Important information about them and their destruction,
and how to prevent it from disappearing...
The Rainforest Foundation
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/rainhome.html
The mission of the Rainforest Foundation (UK) is to support indigenous
people and traditional populations of the world's rainforests in their
efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights.
Rainforest Medical
http://www.xs4all.ch/~rainmed/index.html
Home Page of Rainforest Medical Foundation (RMF). To focus attention
on the conservation, study and use of medicinal plants.
Rainforest Preservation Foundation
http://www.flash.net/~rpf/index.htm
To buy and preserve pristine rainforest. For
$25.00, we can buy and preserve an acre of rainforest.
To educate Brazilians on better farming methods and how to live in the rainforest by gathering and not destroying it.
To reclaim devastated land by reforestation and rotational farming.
To reforest reclaimed lands, or lands that
have been recently harvested, using methods so as to not create a monoculture
and to encourage the
animals and birds to return.
Today the Foundation has been sucessfull in placing over eight million
acres of rainforest into trust and is training people in numerous villages
in the proper
farming and harvesting methods. Your assistance in the continuing efforts
is greatly needed. Our world must be preserved and protected for all generations.
If you would like to help please visit our sponsor page for information.
Rare Species Conservatory Foundation
http://www.rarespecies.org/
The Rare Species Conservatory Foundation is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to preserving biological diversity. RSCF is dedicated to saving
endangered plants, animals and habitat, and
restoring critical species in the wild.
Save the Rainforest
http://www.lascruces.com/~saverfn/index.html
STR is a nonprofit organization that specializes in conducting rainforest
tours/courses for teachers and students. We also produce rainforest curriculums,
videos and posters, and involve schools in
conservation projects in the tropics.
Tropical Rainforest Coalition for the Preservation of
Rainforests Worldwide
http://www.rainforest.org/
Tropical rainforest conservation and protection of indigenous peoples
and their cultures in these forests. Based in Silicon Valley, California,
Tropical Rainforest Coalition's Save-an-Acre Program
has spawned off numerous nongovernmental organizations working to protect
land in the Neotropics.
Wilderness Committee
http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/
Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC, or (WC)**2) is a non-profit
environmental society working for the preservation of Canadian and international
wilderness through research and
education.
Worldwide Forest, Rainforest & Biodiversity Conservation
Information
http://www.forests.org/worldfor.html
Provides recent coverage, as well as archives for the past 5 years,
of worldwide forest protection campaign issues. Conservation, rainforests,
and indigenous rights. 2,500 documents archived.
World Wildlife Fund: Global 200: Amazon
http://worldwildlife.org/amazon/
Focus on the Amazon and how World Wildlife Fund is protecting the world's
richest rain forest, including Amazon sounds, e-postcard, actions, and
background information.
RCF replied!!
I can add $2500 to the budget.
From: Joy Schochet/Jonathan Green <rcf@interaccess.com>
Reply-To: rcf@interaccess.com
To: chiquidy@mit.edu
Subject: RE:
Date: 28 Oct 2002 14:05:39 -0600
Dear Ms. Huang, Thank you for contacting the Rainforest Conservation
Fund.
I can help you to a limited extent, I think. RCF is a very small
organization working in the Peruvian Amazon region. We do a limited
amount
of funding of research projects in the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo
and surrounding areas. Because our funds are so limited, we rarely
have
more than about $2500 annually for such projects. Outside of
that, we use
almost all of our remaining funds in direct support of agroforestry
and
community development work in the same area, with the goal of preserving
the
intact rainforests in this part of Peru. This money goes for
salaries for
our (part-time, at present) field director and 3 extension workers,
plus
supplies which they need in their work, and for other necessary expenditures
such as emergency medical aid for villagers in this area. For
your project,
you might estimate that we would have $2500-3000 for distribution for
research other than our own field work. I hope this helps you
and answers
your question. If not, please let me know how I may assist you
further.
Sincerely, Joy Schochet, for RCF
-----Original Message-----
From: chiquidy@mit.edu [mailto:chiquidy@mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:00 PM
To: rcf@interaccess.com
Subject:
Also, Save the Planet wrote back!
From: Lisa Hofeling <info@planet-save.com>
Reply-To: info@planet-save.com
To: chiquidy@mit.edu
Subject: Re: An estimate
Date: 29 Oct 2002 12:47:48 -0800
Hello Christina,
Thank you for contacting Planet-Save. What our organization does is we donate money to The Nature Conservancy who in return funds the projects to preserve and monitor the rain forest. The amount we donate varies: 25% of our profits from Planet-Save, 8% of our proceeds from Redjellyfish Long Distance, and 500 square feet/month per account for our ISP.
I do not think we have the exact information we need for your project.
I suggest you contact The Nature Conservancy by following this link:
http://nature.org/contactus/
They are the people who actually fund and monitor the project from
start to finish. We are contributors.
I hope this helps answer your question. Good luck with your project and with your college career.
Sincerely,
Lisa Hofeling
The Planet-Save Team
--- chiquidy@mit.edu wrote:
>All I am asking for is an estimate of how much funding your organization
would
>provided for a project to preserve and monitor the Amazon Rainforest.
If your
>organization does not provide funding, can you tell me where you get
funding
>or where I can possibly look for funding?
>
>Thanks,
>Christina Huang
>
>>
>> --- chiquidy@mit.edu wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >To whom it may concern,
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello. My name is Christina Huang and I am a
freshman at the
>> >Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am currently participating
in an
>> >annual freshmen seminar called “Mission 2006.” I am writing to
you regarding
>> a
>> >class assignment for which the ultimate goal is to:
>> >
>> >Develop a way to characterize and monitor the well-being of the
one last
>> true
>> >frontiers on Earth – the Amazon Basin Rainforest – and devise a
set of
>> >practical strategies to ensure its preservation.
>> >
>> >My job is to compose a budget for overall project. This requires
research on
>>
>> >the possible sources of funding. I was wondering if your organization
had
>> such
>> >available funds, if so can you give a rough estimate of how much?
If not, do
>>
>> >you have any suggestions as to where to look for funding?
>> >
>> >Please do not be alarmed; I am not asking for real money, but just
a
>> >hypothetical estimate of financial support. If you have any questions
about
>>
>> >Mission 2006 please do not hesitate to visit our website:
>> >http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/kvh/community.html
>> > Thank you so much for your time. Your help is
greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> >
Respectfully yours,
>> >
Christina Huang
>> >
Class of 2006
>>
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