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When we were growing up, we didn't have electricity.
We played in the dirt and had a great time. Not any more.
Now, it's all about the internet and playing farm games on Facebook.
It's totally different.
When I was about 10 years old, my father was hunter, so we learned to hunt,
especially me because I loved hunting with dogs, killing animals and eating meat…
it was our tradition.
However, seeing the state of the planet, the destruction of the trees
and animals under threat of extinction, we don't hunt anymore.
Now, we protect.
Monteverde began to change when they founded the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
That's when the tourism industry began and farmers sold their
cows to start hotels, cabins and restaurants to work in tourism.
About six years ago we stopped producing milk and turned our farm into a tourist attraction.
We now offer a “night tour.”
Everyone loves the tour because the animals all come out.
The animals aren't afraid because now we protect them.
If we see a hunter or dogs or something, we'll call the authorities
and let them come up with the proper solution.
Monteverde Now -- voices from the frontlines of change is a collection of
personal stories and professional observations
from those who live and work in cloud forest.
It's about nature.
About people.
About climate and about change.
And while you may be thousands of miles from Monteverde...
it's about you.
Watch, think, respond.
Your voice matters.
www.MonteverdeNow.org