Forever the Forest

Amazonas state in Brazil launches program to combat deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Amazonas launches program to combat deforestation in the Amazon rainforestby Bianca Paiva – Correspondent of Agência Brasil The Sustainable Municipalities of Amazonas Program, launched today in Manaus, wants to contribute to reducing deforestation and burning in the Amazon forest, promoting reforestation of […]

Ayahuasca is a traditional, entheogenic brew used for spiritual and healing purposes by indigenous tribes in the Amazon. For centuries, shamans have utilized ayahuasca in ceremonial settings to facilitate deep introspection, healing, and connection to the spiritual realm.

Sebastião Mota de Melo, (Eirunepé, 7 of October of 1920 – Rio de Janeiro, 20 of January of 1990), better known as Padrinho Sebastião, is a Brazilian religious leader, founder of the religious entity CEFLURIS.  But to describe Padrinho and the legacy he left behind, only one who knew Padrinho and lived along to see […]

Like many peoples of Acre, the Puyanawa suffered heavily from the boom in rubber and […]

The disappearance of tropical forests We are losing the greatest biological treasures on Earth, just as we are […]

“EMPOWER INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS” The seed of andiroba, which is collected when the fruits fall on the ground, has an oil known in the region as andiroba oil. It is used in the industry in creams, shampoos, ointments and soaps. The natives also use the oil in a mixture with annatto dye and pass on the […]

(Text translated and edited from Xapuri.info) “Tata made the move.” With these few words, indigenous leader Tashka Yawanawa, president of the Yawanawa Sociocultural Association, reported on the passing of the great leader Tata Yawanawa, at the age of 104. To the Yawanawa people our affection, our embrace of solidarity. To Tata, our gratitude for the trail of […]

Mayan Prophecy – The Mayan Prophecies describe the situation of the world in details but […]

Raimundo Irineu Serra, better known among us as Mestre Irineu, was born on December 15th, 1890, in São Vicente de Férrer. His parents, Sanches Serra and Joana Assunção Serra, were both of humble origins, slaves’ descendants who lived from the cultivation of the land. At around the age of twenty years old, in search to […]

Ancient Voices is a series of documentary films featuring the elders of the forest and medicine traditions. What is Ayahuasca? Where does it come from? Who began using this medicine? These are the starting points for the project, and we will explore the lifestyle and knowledge of several traditions, and share their wisdom, stories, art […]