Tag Archives: Indigenous knowledge

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 [...]

Rapeh and Meditation: Ritual, Breath and Presence

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

Ancient Cities Discovered in the Amazon: The Forgotten Voices of the Forest

Whispers of an Ancient Civilization The Amazon is alive, not only with the pulse of [...]