Mark J. Plotkin

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Mark J. Plotkin is an ethnobotanist, co-founder and president of The Amazon Conservation Team, and host of the popular “Plants of the Gods : Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation” podcast.

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Tropical forest and river in Suriname. Image courtesy of Mark J. Plotkin.

Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)

Mark J. Plotkin 17 Nov 2025

Rainfall over the Amazon river. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

The Amazon is ablaze again. What it means for us (commentary)

Mark J. Plotkin 30 Sep 2024

Pair of jaguar in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname

Mark J. Plotkin 20 Nov 2018

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Collage: Elise Paietta, postdoctoral research scholar during fieldwork, with tropical forest

An Asian dhole (Cuon alpinus) in a grassy field. Human impact hot spots for Canidae, like dhole, include Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and South America. Image credit: Kalyan Varma / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Where cars go to die: an auto graveyard.

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