Joomla! site syndication http://www.mariri.net 2008-10-11T18:27:39+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2007-06-24T19:40:58+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/content/view/35/38/ A 35 min documentary dealing with the OCP oil pipeline and drilling operations which run against the wishes of the indigenous people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. text/html 2006-12-14T19:25:12+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/content/view/22/42/ The secretions from a rainforest tree frog the Matses Indians have traditionally burnt into their arms might just burn a new path in Western medicine. text/html 2006-12-19T13:44:22+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/content/view/27/41/ I am listening to the crystal-clear chinking of a tropical frog. In the distance I hear the clicks of crabs releasing themselves from aerial roots of trees and dropping into the water. Although I am sitting in my apartment in San Francisco, this recording by Bernie Krause nearly has me feeling the steam of a buzzing Costa Rican mangrove swamp. text/html 2007-03-23T19:09:22+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/content/view/29/41/ The Araguari pororoca is the most frightening, and dangerous, of all the Amazonian tidal bores. Feared and revered by the Tupi-Guarani Indians, who called it poroc poroc, or great destructive noise , the tremendous Araguari pororoca is powerful enough to tear entire trees from the river bank in its fury...and captivating enough to tempt surfers from all over the world to ride its untamed waves. text/html 2007-03-24T02:25:51+01:00 http://www.mariri.net http://www.mariri.net/content/view/31/42/ Whether you know it as sapo (toad), vacina do sapo (toad vaccine), leite do sapo (toad milk), kambô, or kampú - the secretions of the phyllomedusa bicolor treefrog is used throughout the region of the Amazon Basin by indigenous peoples, mestizos, and increasingly, by foreigners.