Posts By: Tigre Pickett

Matsés Profile: Lucinda Damé

Lucinda Matsés farmer

Lucinda is the daughter of Arturo, a famous Matsés warrior and plant medicine expert who wrote Chapter 3 of the Matsés Medicine Encyclopedia. She lives with her family in Buenas Lomas Nueva. She is a prolific farmer and is very fond of showing off and sharing her bountiful harvests. Her house is a hub of […] Continue reading »

End Dirty Palm Oil

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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 »

Amazon Rainforest Documentary

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Enjoy this wonderful Amazon Rainforest documentary This hour-long documentary gives a great overview of the Amazon rainforest. Learn about how the Amazon, which once used to flow into the Pacific reversed the river’s course after the Andes were born. See playful river otters, a rare site due to humans being their only predator, and learn […] Continue reading »

Portraits of the Matsés: An Interview with Alicia Fox

Portrait of the Matsés by Alicia Fox Photography

Photography has been described as the art of frozen time, the ability to store emotions and feelings within a single frame. It freezes time, capturing a slice of existence that may never be repeated again, and records that moment in life’s fleeting light. Alicia Fox, an Australian professional photographer, is a gifted artist who uses […] Continue reading »