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

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

Journal of Maps, 2015, vol. 11, issue 3, 525-533

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2014.935504

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