ROOTS•Teach

•Restore•Encourage•Establish•Support

By: Brendan Carroll, Byron Reding, Jesse Detulio, Anthony DeApolo, Shannon Ellis

MISSION STATEMENTWe are rebuilding lives

and the rainforest from the "roots" up. Through tireless conservation, education, and reforestation, we are committed to saving therainforest and ensuring a secure and

better future for all. Our basic operation can be identified by TREES: Teach, Restore, Encourage, Establish and Support.

Situation•Deforestation and habit loss is a serious issue in Paraguay •35% of the Atlantic Forest was lost in Paraguay between 1989 and 2003.•Flooding and natural disasters has also been effecting the forests of Paraguay •the Upper Parana Atlantic Forest in Paraguay has one of the highest rates of deforestation in Latin America

Main Languages• Paraguayan Guaraní, is,

alongside Spanish, one of the official languages of Paraguay

• Paraguay's constitution is bilingual

• State-produced textbooks are typically half in Spanish and half in Guaraní

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Video on Deforestation• Shows how deforestation is forcing a tribe to leave land that has been occupied by them for generations•http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/sep/28/deforestation-paraguay

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•Strong national identity dating back to the first colonists•Strongly Family Oriented•Large gap between rich and poor

Social Culture

Cultural History• Spanish explorers married

native Guarani women in early 15th century• Gained independence from

Spain and Argentina in 1811• National Identity is shaped by

struggles of the early colonists

Demographics

• Population estimated at 5.2 million (1999)• Approx. 95% of population is Mestizo (Half

Spanish, Half Guarani)• About 95% of the population is less than 60 yrs.

old• Less than 3% of the population lives in the area

known as the “Chaco”• The Chaco is 61% of land area in Western

Paraguay