Plants of the Gods: S6E8. The Ethnobotany of Isolated and Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples

OCT 16, 202423 MIN
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast

Plants of the Gods: S6E8. The Ethnobotany of Isolated and Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples

OCT 16, 202423 MIN

Description

The concept of uncontacted or isolated indigenous rainforest groups enthralls many people, even those who have no particular interest in rainforest conservation or tribal cultures. Yet there certainly exist dozens of these groups in Amazonia, if not more. How can we estimate what and how much they know about the healing plants of the rainforest if we do not contact them first? This episode attempts to answer this seemingly oxymoronic question.