Shamans, medicine men of the rainforest, know the healing properties of countless plants – but their knowledge is at risk of imminent and permanent loss as traditional healing techniques are replaced by western medicine. This project establishes Shamans as mentors of future generations and documents their use of rainforest botanicals, which gave rise to such modern medicines as aspirin and quinine. The project benefits countless people cured by medicines and remedies born of the rainforest.
Shamans from over 30 tribes preserve and perpetuate ancient indigenous knowledge by training apprentices and novices in harvesting and administering powerful healing substances, and documenting their ethnobotanical knowledge.
Conservation of precious and irreplaceable indigenous knowledge, documentation of critical information, and trained healers across the generations with the capacity to administer medicinal cures.