Traditional Amazonian Medicine: How Knowledge Passes Between Generations

   A plant can be photographed. Its scientific name can be written in a database. [...]

Stingless Bees of Brazil: Indigenous Knowledge Protecting the Forest

Some of the most important workers in a Brazilian forest are easy to overlook. They [...]

Indigenous Languages Amazon: Why Plant Knowledge Depends on Words

   A forest has many ways of disappearing. Trees can be cut. Rivers can be [...]

Amazon Medicinal Plants: What Happens When They Disappear?

The Amazon rainforest is often described through extraordinary numbers: millions of species, immense rivers, enormous [...]

Indigenous Medicine in Brazil: Recognition and Responsibility

Indigenous Medicine in Brazil: A New Moment of Recognition and Responsibility Indigenous medicine in Brazil [...]

What Is Mulateiro? Benefits of the Amazonian Tree of Youth

What Is Mulateiro? The Amazonian Tree Known as the Tree of Youth What is mulateiro, [...]

Rapeh and Meditation: Ritual, Breath and Presence

Rapé and Meditation: Understanding the Relationship Between Ritual, Breath and Presence Rapé and meditation are [...]

Forest Bathing Benefits: 9 Ways Nature Restores Mind and Body

Forest Bathing Benefits: 9 Ways Time Among Trees Can Restore Mind and Body Forest bathing [...]

Plant Medicine Is Going Mainstream — Why Indigenous Tradition Must Lead the Way

US regulators just took historic steps toward studying sacred plants — and Indigenous nations are [...]

The Ashaninka: The Amazon’s Model Guardians Are Asking the World to Stand With Them

The Ashaninka rebuilt a forest territory the world calls a model of Indigenous stewardship. Now, [...]