Suriname's Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest
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The Saamaka people of Suriname are using satellite imagery, GPS mapping and patrols to document illegal logging and gold mining encroaching on their territory, gathering evidence to secure government recognition of their traditional forest management system nearly two decades after an international court ordered Suriname to recognize their collective land rights.
The international court ruling on land rights has not yet been fully implemented by the Suriname government.
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