Endangered knowledge and endangered plants: Threats to Indigenous medicinal traditions in Borneo

Endangered knowledge and endangered plants: Threats to Indigenous medicinal traditions in Borneo

In Borneo’s dense rainforest, some communities of Punan people still find their medicine among the trees. For generations the forest has been their living pharmacy, with each medicinal plant tied to tradition. But as modern pressures grow, both the forest and the knowledge it shelters are slipping away. To understand what’s at stake, researchers from […]