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Andrew Gilford

Aral: A Dammed Sea | Chloe Dewe Mathews - 1 views

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shared by Andrew Gilford on 24 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Andrew Gilford on 24 Jan 14
     
    In the middle of the vast, arid region between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan lies the Aral Sea, a land-locked body of salt water. Once home to hundreds of species of fish which supported nearby communities for centuries, the sea was almost irreversibly drained during Soviet rule.
Richard Allaway

Tribe returns to old ways on Pinatubo / 1991 eruption drove Aeta away from volcano - 0 views

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shared by Richard Allaway on 10 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Tarukan was home to hundreds of families of a Filipino tribe called the Aeta
  • 50 villagers opted to come home to relive a lifestyle they thought they would never see again.
  • The 50,000-member tribe has long survived along the slopes of the volcano by fishing, hunting wild boar, deer, birds and mountain cats and farming beans, rice, sweet potatoes and root crops.
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  • Forced to flee to the lowland valleys below, the Aeta learned a life far different from their mountain habitat. They shed traditional loincloths, sarongs and bare feet for Western dress and shoes, ate from canned foods donated by relief agencies and slept in cramped resettlement centers that resembled refugee camps.
  • In Tarukan, they have built bamboo huts and cleared fields for crops. Papaya and mango trees have been planted. Wild boar and birds are coming back and the acidity of the soil has declined, allowing farmers to resume planting.
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