Wednesday, September 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Professor maps out compromise
Tribes want to remain in Honduran rain forest
By Julie M. Sachs Kansan staff writer
A University of Kansas professor is investigating the conflict between the indigenous tribes and the government about rain forests in Honduras.
Peter Herlihy, assistant professor of geography, has a solution: maps.
Herlihy is working with several tribes in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras in an attempt to map out the land.
The Honduran government wants to leave the rain forest intact, but the indigenous tribes need the land to survive.
In Herlyth's project, various members of each tribe draw maps of their land. In these maps, they mark places where they hunt, fish, gather medicine and use wood.
These maps are taken from each different tribe and analyzed.
They are then made into one unified map, which shows all the areas where each tribe uses for living activities, Herlihy said.
"It's important that the people are helping to determine their own boundaries," said John Hoopes, acting director of Latin American Stud
ies.
In the final map, zones were designated for the people to use for living activities. In each zone, only certain activities are allowed. Herlihy said.
Only one mass of heavily forested land in the center of the blosphere is to remain untouched, Herilhy said.
The goal of this project was to show what was available in the biosphere and to figure out how to conserve the remaining areas. Herlihy remarked.
But there is one potential difficulty with the mapping project.
"The idea is intended to set up a management system of the biosphere between the people and the legal authorities." Herlihy said.
"What Peter's research results is one map, so it's hard to define where to draw the line on the map." Hoopes said.
There also may be a problem with the Honduran government.
Although the map showed that the various groups could live on the land without causing harm, the Honduran government has not yet approved the arrangement. Herihly said.
If the government does not approve the arrangement, about 45,000 people could be without a place to live.
"The people won't accept anything less than co-management," Herlihy said.
The Miskito Indian community on the north coast of the Rie Platano Biosphere Reserve is one of the indigenous tribes in conflict with the Honduran government about rain forests. Peter Herlity, assistant professor of geography, has helped several of the tribes map out rain forest land boundaries for their hunting, fishing and gathering. Contributed photo.
The mapping project is a $12-million, six-year collaboration between the Honduran State Forestry Agency and the German government.
African-American leaders emerge
Program designed to tutor, help youths
By Julie M. Sachs
Kansan staff writer
Through research, Jacob Gordon discovered that the number of African-American males in prison and jail exceeded the number of African-American males enrolled in higher education.
Such statistics propelled the stereotype of the African-American male, said Gordon, professor of African and African-American studies.
Because Gordon was unwilling to stand back and witness the downfall of young African-American males, he and several other educators formed the African-American Male Leadership Academy in 1983.
Funding for the academy stems from an $8.5 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation.
"It's not enough to look at the problems," Gordo said. "You have
to look at the solutions."
The academy provides opportunities to help about 270 gifted or exceptional African-American highschool students reach their fullest potential despite their underprivileged status.
"This year, the focus has been reach one, teach one. The participants tutored each day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at elementary schools," said Leon Wesley, a program site coordinator in Wichita. "They each had to reach one and teach one."
Through activities, the academy also proposed challenges to participants.
Each participant was challenged to complete 100 hours of community service. If they finished their hours, they were awarded four dollars for each hour. The academy eventually awarded about $4,000 in scholarship money, Wesley said.
Mentors make up a large part of the academy experience.
Each participant is assigned two to three mentors to whom they can talk. Mentors are assigned according to the participants' interests.
The program also teaches everyday skills, such as how to look and act in a job interview. The participants are groomed to succeed in the world.
"A lot of students tell us they don't know what they would've done without us," Gordon said. "They have gone from hell to heaven."
It also has instilled lessons that will be useful in future situations.
Kyle Williams, sophomore at South High School in Wichita and program participant, said, "It helped me realize that you have to work for everything. You can do anything you want to as long as you stay focused."
Because the academy has helped many African-American men excel in life, Gordon insists that involvement and leadership are key.
"We can never stay aloof in our corner. Leadership is key to world future." "Gordon said, "That's my hope: not only for them to become successful academically but to be leaders."
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