Paradise in Peril from Skyship Films on Vimeo.
The Río Platáno Biosphere Reserve, Honduras – home to the highest level of tropical biodiversity in Central America, homeland of the Pech and Miskito Indians, and keeper of hundreds of unexplored archeological sites – is in danger. Non-indians are invading the Reserve from all sides, poaching endangered wildlife and fish, slashing and burning ancient forests to sow pastures, and forcing indigenous inhabitants off their ancestral lands. Paradise in Peril follows an expedition organized to document the destruction of this UNESCO World Heritage Site and collect testimony from the native peoples who rely on the Río Platáno for survival.
Show your support for the RPBR: facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-R%C3%ADo-Plátano-Biosphere-Reserve/138035182942758
According to Edgardo Benitez of the Green Alliance and the Platform in Defence of the Patuca River, the Tawahkas are under a particular amount of pressure . “This community of Tawahkas is at risk of extinction [if] the dam project at the Patuca River proceeds”.
Watch Paradise in Peril on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26209577
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Send a letter to Honduras: Don’t Dam the Patuca River!
http://intercontinentalcry.org/2011/paradise-in-peril-the-vanishing-rio-platano-biosphere-reserve/
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