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Tom Bewick

USA

Tom Bewick has worked for the  Rainforest Foundation US  as Program Manager since 2013 and works on human rights, monitoring technology, and international advocacy. He has over years of international experience working on human rights and environmental issues. He has previously worked as an international tropical timber trade investigator, an environmental services project developer in Colombia, and as a human rights monitor in Indonesia and Guatemala.

Tom speaks Spanish and Indonesian, has an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham, a Master’s in Education from Fordham University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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    Roberto, Teofilo and the Shipibo Conibo communities of Patria Nueva and Nueva Saposoa have been managing their forest for decades. They use an innovative forest monitoring system that incorporates traditional foot patrols and the latest technology-including GPS, smart phone applications, satellite-generated deforestation alerts and drones. These tools have have allowed the community monitors, alongside government officials, […]

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