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Multimedia | interviews and talks

Istvan Praet on "Natural Catastrophes"

Istvan Praet, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about the perception of catastrophes among the Chachi, the Amerindian inhabitants of Esmeraldas, a lowland region on the Pacific coast.

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