Blogs

December 2009

From the rainforest of Peru to the people frenzy in Copenhagen, indigenous tribesman Javier Dril Bustamante takes his testimony to the climate change talks. Javier works with Cool Earth to stop his community's rainforest from being destroyed by loggers. Registered as part of the Peruvian delegation, 27 year old Javier lends his voice to events in Copenhagen after being turned away at the last minute from the official climate change talks.

In March of this year I visited the Amazon rainforest in Peru with the charity Cool Earth. This was an opportunity to meet the Ashaninka tribe, the largest indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon, with whom Cool Earth had established a relationship in order to support their fight against deforestation. The trip included 12 travellers from a variety of backgrounds; journalists, educationalists, charity workers, photographers & US business representatives who were involved with sponsoring & promoting Cool Earth's work.