Silvia Usuriaga
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Silvia Usuriaga is the Program Coordinator for Nature and Culture International and has had a hand in the protection of nearly 9 million acres of threatened tropical forest. Originally from Iquitos, Peru, she currently resides in San Diego, California.

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New Indigenous Reserve Aims To Save A Fading Culture

Posted February 23, 2012 | 02/23/12 07:24 AM ET

A bright, cloudless day. A remote village in the heart of a vast Amazon wilderness. The head of his tribe moved to tears -- tears of joy, pride and gratitude.

It was February 4th, 2012, and Romero Ríos Ushiñahua, leader of his people and one of the last members of...

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