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Luke Weiss

Combines experiences from more than 20 years of forest life with the Siekopai people with a Masters degree from the Yale school of Forestry and Environmental Studies to coordinate the Cultural Recovery and Territorial Mapping programs. He and his family reside along the banks of the Aguarico River where he hunts, grows crops, and enjoys drinking yoco.

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/ September 24, 2018

How Indigenous youth are Safeguarding Amazon Plant Knowledge through Social Media

The creation of the medicinal plant garden in the Siekopai village of Sewaya is much…

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/ November 16, 2017

Transfer of Traditional Skills and Practices

Imagine a forest people who can no longer obtain their daily necessities of traditional life…

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Monitoring & Mapping

/ November 16, 2017

Ceremony

Shamanic ceremonies driven by ayahuasca or yagé – an admixture prepared with Banisteriopsis caapi —…

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Monitoring & Mapping

/ November 16, 2017

Lagarto Cocha

Lagarto Cocha, an area of flooded forest, shoreless lakes and vast sunsets, is the place…

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Chronicles

/ November 16, 2017

Recovery of Ancient Plants Initiative

Imagine a forest people without the knowledge and skills to derive necessary medicines from their…

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