Episode 4: Knowledge for Protection: safeguarding isolated indigenous tribes
Deep in the Amazon, there are groups that have made the decision to isolate themselves from the outside world. These isolated or uncontacted...
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Maps, Magic, and Medicine explores the importance of indigenous knowledge to protect the environment. Each month we bring you stories about the spiritual, the unexplained, and the unbelievab...
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11 episodesSpecial Episode with Julian Lennon: Listen Younger Brother
Julian Lennon, musician, photographer, and founder of the White Feather Foundation hosts this special episode about the Kogi indigenous peop...
Episode 3: Knowledge on the Map
Suriname is the only country in the Western hemisphere that does not recognize the land rights of indigenous groups. Yet, development projec...
Un Elemento Ambiental (Episodio Especial)
Taita Luciano, un medico tradicional de la cultura Inga, habla sobre la importancia del yagé para el medio ambiente y como su mal uso afecta...
An Element of the Environment (Special Episode)
Taita Luciano, a traditional healer from the Colombian Amazon, reflects on the importance of the traditional medicine yagé or ayahuasca for...
Episode 2: Explorers Turned Apprentices
When Mark Plotkin went down to Suriname, he wanted to study how indigenous peoples use plants. But when he saw his indigenous friend Wuta le...
Episode 1: People First
Over 20 years ago, the conservation world was changing. An unexpected event showed Liliana Madrigal a different way forward that puts people...
Promo: What's Maps, Magic, and Medicine?
Maps, Magic, and Medicine explores the importance of indigenous cultural knowledge to protect the environment. But what do we mean by "Maps,...
Promo: A Waurá's desire to preserve cultural memory
Many indigenous groups in the Amazon struggle to encourage young people to adopt traditional culture and learn about their ancestor’s storie...
Promo: Wuta moves to the city
Indigenous groups are often given two choices: to stay in the rainforest or leave to enter "modernity." That was the case with Wuta in the S...
Promo: A message from the Kogi
Over twenty years ago, the Kogi people predicted what we now call global climate change. Today, their message is the same.