Quotes Tagged With :rainforest

The Waorani carry out a similar diet with their arrow poison, called curare or, in their language, oomae.....

Imagine a man without lungs. Imagine earth without Amazon rainforest.

Where there is poverty, there will be destruction and exploitation by the corporations and governments....

The Secoya are trapped between the devastating effects of the colonization frontier and their rich traditional....

REVIEW: Like a master artisan, Weisberger weaves together threads of anthropology, botany, ecology and....

If science is defined or understood as a mode of seeking knowledge, a means of interpreting nature in....

Before my first visit to Waorani territory, I was introduced to don Casimiro Mamallacta, a traditional....

Among the Secoya, clear guidelines regulate preparation of the medicine. They are adamant about this....

Like the burning of the ancient library at Alexandria or the supremely ignorant incineration of stacks....

The multiplicity of human identity is not just a spiritual principle, it’s a biological fact—a basic....