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About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.

How can we limit wind turbine impacts on biodiversity? — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

There are growing concerns about the impact of renewable energy development on biodiversity. In their latest research, Camille Leroux and colleagues from the National Museum of Natural History of Paris, France, explore how wind turbines impact bat spatial distribution. World-wide … Continue reading →

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¡Mi pequeña película favorita! – ¡A veces nos perdemos los mejores momentos – NO TE PIERDAS esta película mágica de 38 segundos: “El amigo sorpresa del niño Yanomami en la selva”!

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ayude a proteger los bosques, los ríos, la vida silvestre y la vida de los Yanomami y otros pueblos indígenas boicoteando TODOS los productos de la deforestación; oro, aceite de palma, maderas exóticas, soja, carne vacuna, etc. ! Aquí está … Continue reading →

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How much agri-environment provision is required to reverse farmland bird declines? — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Dr Robert Hawkes, RSPB Conservation Scientist, explains the findings of a recently published article. Here, RSPB and BTO scientists, in partnership with Natural England, explore how much bird-friendly agri-environment management is needed to stabilise or reverse farmland bird declines. The … Continue reading →

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Meu pequeno filme favorito! – Às vezes perdemos os melhores momentos – NÃO PERCA este filme mágico de 38 segundos: “O Amigo Surpresa do Menino Yanomami na Selva”!

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ajude a proteger florestas, rios, vida selvagem e a vida dos Yanomami e outros povos Indígenas boicotando TODOS os produtos do desmatamento; ouro, óleo de palma, madeiras exóticas, soja, carne bovina, etc. ! Aqui está o filme de 38 segundos … Continue reading →

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Lucy Dowdall: The Natural Capital approach to estuaries — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize 2022 In their latest Perspective, Lucy Dowdall and colleagues present a framework for successful recovery of nature in estuaries using the Natural Capital approach. Estuaries are the transitional zones between freshwater rivers and saltwater … Continue reading →

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Mon petit film préféré ! – Parfois on rate les plus beaux moments – NE MANQUEZ PAS ce film magique de 38 secondes – “L’ami surprise du garçon Yanomami dans la jungle” !

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Veuillez aider à protéger les forêts, les rivières, la faune et la vie des Yanomami et des autres peuples autochtones en boycottant TOUS les produits de la déforestation ; or, huile de palme, bois exotique, soja, boeuf, etc. ! Voici le … Continue reading →

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Regulation is required to mitigate the high cumulative propagule pressure exerted by escaped pet parrots — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Margaret Stanley, Ellery McNaughton, Rachel Fewster and Josie Galbraith talk us through their recent research that uses reports of lost pet birds to estimate the cumulative propagule pressure that the pet trade exerts on the establishment of introduced bird species. … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Little Film! – Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS one! A magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”!

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, soy, beef, etc. Here’s the 38-second film of the Yanomami boy in … Continue reading →

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MammalWeb: The potential of citizen science for large-scale mammal monitoring — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Feature photo: A camera trap photo © MammalWeb (CC BY-SA 2.0) In their latest article, Pen-Yuan Hsing et al. describe the processes involved in launching and running MammalWeb – a successful camera trapping project that has produced over 440,00 classified … Continue reading →

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Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y … Continue reading →

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