On October 31, , Dr. Julian Freeman is the operations coordinator for Amazon Aid Foundation and has worked in the similar field for the last 3 years, most recently with the Charlottesville based company CoConstruct. In her downtime she loves hiking, mountain biking and playing with her two dogs. Charles Lyons is a journalist, filmmaker, and professor. Lyons, who holds a doctorate in theater and film studies from Columbia University, is author of the book, The New Censors: Movies and the Culture Wars.
Ben is a writer and designer with more than ten years experience in the nonprofit sector. He previously served as Director of Communications for Madison House, the student volunteer center at the University of Virginia.
She works with for profit and nonprofit organizations to design and execute human rights and social impact campaigns aimed at alleviating human suffering and uplifting the dignity of every human being. She develops social media strategies, sets goals and builds campaign content plans in service of building awareness about issues, mobilizing people toward advocacy, and arming them to take action in support of these goals.
Bonnie Abaunza has dedicated her life to humanitarian work, human rights and social justice advocacy. Through the Abaunza Group she works closely with filmmakers, artists, production companies, distributors and non-governmental organizations to develop and execute social impact campaigns for films and documentaries.
Her campaigns have moved the needle on critical issues including genocide awareness with the Hotel Rwanda campaign, conflict diamonds with Blood Diamond , abuses by the food industry with Food, Inc. Bonnie designed and executed the social impact campaigns for the feature film The Promise by Oscar winner Terry George, and the documentary Intent to Destroy , both about the Armenian genocide. She has worked on over 30 campaigns, with 14 of the films being nominated for numerous awards, including Oscar and Emmy Awards.
The song was nominated for an Oscar and won an Emmy. Lady Gaga performed the song at the Oscars. The music video has been viewed over 42 million times and has been embraced as the anthem for the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses. As a consultant for the United Nations agency, the International Labour Organization, she assisted with outreach to the entertainment community. Her initiatives included raising humanitarian aid for Haiti, Pakistan and Japan for International Medical Corps, and working with Madeleine Albright and the National Democratic Institute to advocate for the disenfranchised Romani people in Europe.
She co-produced four film festivals, four Academy Awards viewing parties to benefit Amnesty, produced quarterly entertainment industry salons and more than 50 feature and documentary screening events, fundraisers and art exhibits. She worked on numerous high profile campaigns including human trafficking and slavery, ending rape as a tool of war, rehabilitation of child soldiers, justice for the murdered women of Juarez, ending small arms trafficking, protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, and other global issues.
Bonnie has received commendations for her human rights work from the United States Congress and from the City of Los Angeles. Sarah duPont is an award-winning humanitarian, educator and filmmaker and is a vocal advocate of ecological preservation. As the President and Founder of the Amazon Aid Foundation, Sarah works with Neotropical scientists to study Amazonian biodiversity with an eye toward educating the public and introducing cutting-edge conservation practices and on the ground solutions to the region.
Sarah is a producer and co-director of the award winning film River of Gold and the short documentary Mercury Uprising, both films about illicit and unregulated gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest. Her other film projects include producing the award-winning Kids Against Malaria music video P.
Sarah has been engaged in educational innovation for 25 years, creating projects both locally and globally. She works to build cross disciplinary curriculum that support core subjects, including middle and high school STEAM curriculum built around the documentary River of Gold. Environmental Film Festival. Giant River Otter. Description The Giant River Otter Pteronura brasiliensis , often referred to as the river wolf, is a species in the Mustelid weasel family that is endemic to South America.
Habitat The Giant River Otter lives along reaches of slow-moving rivers or creeks, especially in areas adjacent to wetlands like marshes and swamps [1]. Behavior and Diet This otter eats mostly fish and crustaceans, but will sometimes catch small caimans and small anacondas [4]. Ecological Importance The Giant River Otter is a top predator in aquatic systems, and therefore control prey species population sizes to help keep the river ecosystem in balance.
Observations of the ecology and behaviour of the giant river otter Pteronura brasiliensis in Suriname. Schenck, C. Female otters give birth to between one and six pups. The pups are born blind and spend the first month of their lives in their dens with the female. After two months, the female otter teaches the full-sighted pups how to swim.
This species does not hibernate and remains active under frozen water by breathing through breaks in the ice. River otters are able to hold their breath underwater for up to eight minutes. River otter populations declined significantly throughout the late s due to over-harvesting and water pollution. However, through conservation management and reintroduction efforts, populations have recuperated and are now considered stable. River otters need healthy aquatic habits to survive.
Located in the Rocky Mountain Trench, this area features extensive wetlands that are perfect for river otters. Donor inquiries donors natureconservancy. Description: River otters have a long, slender body with a small head that is wider than tall. They have webbed feet on stump muscular limbs.
Their fur is dark brown however appears black when wet. Occasionally they have a cream colored kerchief or belly. Similar Species: River otters function a lot like sea otters, but sea otters do not come on land and are slightly larger in stature. Sea otters are diurnal, and river otters tend to be nocturnal.
Range: Most major waterways in North America, although sensitive to pollution. Habitat: River otters reside in woods near permanent freshwater rivers or lakes with fish. They stick to a range of km from waterways, which they roam for food and mark as their territory.
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