Sustaining Matses Indigenous Medicine - Phase II
Organization information
Acate Amazon Conservation
Location: San Francisco, United States of America
Summary
The health of Amazonian peoples has always depended upon the wisdom of their elders. Passed down through the centuries, their knowledge of medicinal plants is a product of deep spiritual and physical ties to the natural world. Now with cultural change destabilizing even the most isolated societies, that knowledge is rapidly disappearing. Acate and Matses indigenous elders have developed a three-point plan of action to maintain their self-sufficiency in health as they adapt to the outside world.
Project locations
Peru