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ScienceDaily: Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that have learned to manage and conserve the precious resources around them. The Yanesha of the upper Peruvian Amazon and the Tibetans of the Himalayas are two groups of indigenous peoples carrying on traditional ways of life, even in the face of rapid environmental changes. Over the last 40 years, Dr. Jan Salick, senior curator and ethnobotanist......
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Indigenous peoples at forefront of climate change offer lessons on plant biodiversity
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 28th, 2012
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