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Who owns paradise? Using web mapping to enhance a geography course exercise about tropical forest conservation

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  • Mikaela J. Weisse
  • Masrudy Omri
  • Grace White
  • Robert E. Roth
  • Lisa Naughton-Treves

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Here we present Tambopata: Who Owns Paradise?, a map-centric, multimedia website created to enrich an educational role playing exercise about biodiversity, conservation, and development in the Amazon www.geography.wisc.edu/tambopata ). The exercise assigns students a character from the Tambopata region of the Peruvian Amazon, and asks them to evaluate four proposed zoning plans from their assigned perspective. Using principles of web cartography, we designed the four proposal maps to communicate complex information and allow for increased exploration. Compared to the previously used static maps, the website increases opportunities for student engagement with the material, incorporates multimedia, and clarifies spatial relationships and land use patterns. The website is available publicly and can be integrated freely into other university and high school courses.

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  • Mikaela J. Weisse & Masrudy Omri & Grace White & Robert E. Roth & Lisa Naughton-Treves, 2015. "Who owns paradise? Using web mapping to enhance a geography course exercise about tropical forest conservation," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 525-533, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:11:y:2015:i:3:p:525-533
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2014.935504
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