Across the Peruvian Amazon — in the territories of Ucayali, Huánuco, and Loreto — deforestation and climate change are reshaping the lives of the Indigenous communities who have stewarded this land for generations. Bari Wesna was created in response, working alongside the Shipibo-Konibo, Ashaninka, and Yanesha peoples to restore local ecosystems by combining ancestral knowledge with modern conservation practice. At … Read More
Monpa Medicinal Plants: Indigenous Knowledge From A Himalayan Healer
Inspired by her time in Bhutan with the Monpa people and with teachings from wisdom Elder Ap Tawla, professor Dawn A. Murray wrote the book Monpa Medicinal Plants: Indigenous Knowledge From A Himalayan Healer, a book about the Monpas and their intimate relationships with the plants, the land, and cultural practices. Murray’s book illuminates the Himalayan medicinal plants that the … Read More