Friday, February 18, 2005

Linder and Ed


Linder and Ed
Originally uploaded by Semester.
Ed Toth and local biologist Linder Suin standing above the cloud-forest covered hills of Tambillo Forest, a collectively owned forest outside of Jima. The forest is unique in the amount of biodiversity it houses (especially in birds and orchids) and in the fact that Jima has made a collective decision to maintain the forest. However, in order to generate income for the community, proposals have been made to build a small research station as well as a cabin that could house tourists before they begin the 3 day hike to the Ecuadorian Amazon, which originates only a KM from where this picture was taken.