tech, oil spills & indigenous communities in the amazon

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Launching Remote Access in the

Peruvian Amazon

Remote Access:

A mobile toolkit to empower populations in remote, off-the-grid locations to share information on

human rights & environmental abuses

Winner: January 2013 Knight News Challenge

Remote Access has three components, focused on helping users document,

manage and share information

Initial fieldwork

Pilot Project: Peru• 3 weeks with indigenous communities in oil-impacted areas• 2 weeks of meetings with government & advocacy partners in Lima

Dd Team:Gregor & Emily

Telmo

Community-based monitors

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Rafael

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Adam

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Salvador

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Context

Challenge: 40 years of oil contamination

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Testing a “remediated site”

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Visible oil at the “remediated site”

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What did we do?

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Field visits near the Ecuador border

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Walking the pipeline

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Collecting water samples

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Four-day workshop

Dd team

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Hand-drawn maps

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Practicing with handheld GPS

• Tool development for Peru pilot• Coordinating with local monitors• Training for women monitors• Coordinating with efforts in Guyana, Ecuador & beyond

What’s next?

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