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  • Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

    Jeremy Hance

    June 24, 2015 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    The Matsés, an indigenous population in Brazil in Peru, teamed up with Acaté, a conservation group, to create a medicinal knowledge encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was compiled by five shamans, took two years, is 500 pages long, and “details every plant used by Matsés to cure a massive variety of ailments.” It not only preserves ancestral knowledge, but is seen as a way to improve the health of Matsés and future generations. “Until their encyclopedia, the Matsés entire traditional health system was on the unchecked verge of disappearance.”

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  • Battling Booze in Alice Springs

    James Fletcher

    October 17, 2013 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Alice Springs

    The Aboriginal community in Australia is 31 times more likely than other Australians to die of alcohol-related causes. Could a "tough love" approach stressing accountability and making rehab mandatory work? Or is further restricting access to alcohol for everyone a better approach?

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  • Eco-tourism in Peru: Community engagement and preserving biodiversity

    Dan Collyns

    July 08, 2013 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Peru, Tambopata

    Rainforest Expeditions, an innovative eco-tourism company in Peru, helps the local economy while also promoting conservation of the natural rainforest. By working with Infierno, the local indigenous community in a southeast part of Peru, the tourism company has empowered locals. The Inferno families are shareholders in the local lodges and have found career paths through this. Perhaps most important: as local people have a stake in tourism, they also have a stake in maintaining the rainforest. 


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