Matsés indigenous people complete Volume II of historic Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia, Healing Forests, Launch of Advanced Apprentice Program and more! Continue reading »
The Matsés indigenous people complete mapping of their headwaters in the landmark initiative to demarcate and protect their ancestral lands in the Peruvian Amazon Continue reading »
Acaté Field Coordinator Dr. David Fleck reports on the publication by Acaté of a reader designed to support native language literacy for the Matsés people Continue reading »
Acclaimed wildlife photography and writing partners, Stephen and Marlo Kirkpatrick, share with Acaté their experiences of photographing and traveling the wilds of the Amazon rainforest. Their publications include the intimate and introspective photoessay Romancing the Rain: A Photographic Journey into the Heart of the Rainforest and Lost in the Amazon, the latter recounting a harrowing […] Continue reading »
We’ve written about the impacts of palm oil on tropical rainforests before. Prior to palm oil, the Amazon Rainforest’s main threats were cattle ranchers and soy producers in Brazil as well as gold, timber, and oil extraction throughout the Amazon. The fallout of palm oil plantations have fallen hard on the rainforests of Southeast Asia. […] Continue reading »