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March 29, 2022
An Amazon-based drug industry? Still a mirage
For more than 30 years, Shaman Pharmaceutical and its successors have been trying to convert traditional Amazonian knowledge into profitable medicines. So far they have not succeeded.
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Salo Coslovsky
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plenamata.eco
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Civil Society
July 4, 2022
Project harkens back to the historic Alliance of the Forest Peoples in the state of Acre
The partnership promotes the integrated management of nine indigenous lands and three extractive reserves to ensure sustainability and preserve the forest.
By
Leandro Chaves
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Opinion
February 10, 2022
Paving a Road from Brazil’s Acre to Peru’s Ucayali: missing link for development or prelude to social-environmental disaster?
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tried to convince Peru’s President Pedro Castillo that a highway connection between Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre) and Pucallpa (Ucayali), would generate a “great potential to increase economic integration.” But what is the social and environmental price of it?
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Johannes van de Ven
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plenamata.eco
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Opinion
April 11, 2022
Oil and gas pose a silent threat to the Brazilian Amazon
In a struggle still hidden from the public opinion, indigenous peoples and traditional communities try to prevent expanding fossil fuel extraction projects in the forest from repeating disasters like those experienced in Ecuador and Peru
By
Ilan Zugman
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plenamata.eco
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Civil Society
February 1, 2022
Smart: see how this protected area management support tool works
The app allows inspectors and indigenous people themselves to record data on biodiversity, public use, and threats to these areas, which may later become complaints or reports. It is used in over 50 countries.
By
Aldem Bourscheit
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plenamata.eco
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Opinion
February 1, 2022
The Scientific Panel for Amazonia outlines the path to sustainable development
An unprecedented initiative in Brazil, the SPA brings together dozens of scientists who have made a complete diagnosis for the world's largest tropical forest. The priority: stop Amazon deforestation
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Paulo Artaxo
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plenamata.eco
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Opinion
October 23, 2023
We need to talk about the Amazon together with Amazonians: nothing from us without us
It is fundamental that traditional and Amazonian peoples participate in decisions related to their own territory, including climate conferences, political processes and playing leading roles in events related to the Amazon.
By
Raquel Tupinambá
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Opinion
December 6, 2021
Do you want to promote a forest-friendly economy in the Amazon? Factories are not the way to go
Many people view the local processing of forest-based products as the best strategy for economic development in the Amazon, but this ambition reflects an outdated mentality. Local producers would do better if they supplied high-quality forest products to global enterprises.
By
Salo Coslovsky
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plenamata.eco
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Opinion
January 18, 2022
The Amazon can become a carbon powerhouse, but it needs to go further
Carbon is like other forest export products: when they become profitable, they attract competition. To stay ahead, Amazonian states need to diversify their productive base and continue investing to identify nascent opportunities.
By
Salo Coslovsky
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plenamata.eco
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Opinion
January 25, 2023
What should the government do to foster the bioeconomy in the Amazon?
More traditional strategies, such as exemptions and subsidies, need to be implemented in innovative ways so as not to produce waste, inefficiency, and corruption.
By
Salo Coslovsky
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