Handicrafts of the Peruvian Amazon

Describes the way that people from the town of Jenario Herrera in the Peruvian Amazon use palms, seeds and other plants to make handicrafts. Also discusses how the conservation group Center for Amazon Community Ecology works with these artisans to support forest conservation and local communities.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Amazon
• rainforest
• Peru
• plants
• ethnobotany
• ecology
• handicrafts
• artisans
• chambira
• achiote
• guisador
• huayruru
• conservation

[amazonecology]

Hi Layne,

Sounds like a neat project. If you are comfortable doing so, please post your "commercial" for huayruru jewellery on your YouTube account and let us know so we can make a link to it.

Best wishes,

Campbell



[lainita123]

Hi! Im doing a project for school that has to do with the Huayruro seeds. May I use some of this video?

[amazonecology]

@lainita123

Thank you for your interest in our video about Peruvian handicrafts. Yes, you may use part of it in your school project about Huayruro seeds. Please acknowledge our organization in some way during your presentation. If your project produces a report or video, we would love to get a copy of it or make a link to it so other people can see it.

Best wishes,

Campbell Plowden

Executive Director

Center for Amazon Community Ecology

[lainita123]

I will definitely!! Thank you very much. My project is actually a hypothetical commercial in which I am selling jewelry made by Peruvians with Huayruro seeds. I chose them because of my time in South America. I wish it were something more, but if you would like to see it, I'll post it on my youtube account or send a copy to you.

thank you very much for your help,

Layne