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Local communities rush to save Kenya’s only lowland rainforest

Isaiah Esipisu 29 Mar 2016

The miraculous Moringa tree: potential solution for world malnutrition

Taryn Farber 18 Nov 2015

Economic models for forests often neglect value of biodiversity

Joanna Parkman 6 Feb 2015

What we can learn from uncontacted rainforest tribes

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Nov 2014

Helping the Amazon’s ‘Jaguar People’ protect their culture and traditional wisdom

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2014

Livelihoods depend on the environment in the Western Ghats

Viraj Singh 27 Sep 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Zoopharmacognosy: how self-healing animals could save humans

Allison Hegan 27 Nov 2011

Chemotherapy tree facing extinction

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2011

Shamans and indigenous spiritual leaders unite in Malibu

Bhalin Singh 9 Nov 2011

Monarch butterflies medicate their sick kids

Jeremy Hance 12 Oct 2010

Losing nature’s medicine cabinet

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2010

Hutan Hujan Australia Hasilkan Kemungkinan Pembunuh Kanker

Oleh Jeremy Hance 21 Jun 2010

Ketika alam selamatkan nyawa Anda

Tulisan Oleh Carolyn Langlie-lesnik 21 Jun 2010

Australian rainforest plant yields possible cancer killer

Jeremy Hance 14 Jun 2010

When nature saves your life

Carolyn Langlie-lesnik 14 Jun 2010

Taking back the rainforest: Indians in Colombia govern 100,000 square miles of territory

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 May 2010

Cochabamba Climate Conference: the Coca Contradiction

Nikolas Kozloff 11 Apr 2010

How rainforest shamans treat disease

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Nov 2009

Research into drugs derived from natural products declining

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2009

Anti-HIV and anti-cancer drugs derived from Borneo rainforest progressing to final development stages

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2009

Traditional practices contribute to conservation of medicinal plants

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Tropical forest tree is source of new mosquito repellent as effective as DEET

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

IP laws not helping indigenous people protect traditional knowledge (repost)

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2008

An interview a shaman in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2008

Colorful insects help search for anti-cancer drugs

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2008

Colombia creates rainforest reserve to protect medicinal plants

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2008

Amazon conservation Team wins “Innovation in conservation Award” for path-breaking work with Amazon tribes

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

A comprehensive look at the use of animals in Brazilian medicine

Jeremy Hance 10 Dec 2007

Amazon rainforest children to get medicinal plant training from shamans

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2007

7-year old nature guide becomes Belize environmental hero as adult

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2007

Intellectual property rights reach indigenous communities in the Amazon

Carolina Bruun 21 Mar 2007

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