US EditionIn Peru, Yine women show how defending the Amazon supports local livelihoods
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ecotopical.comIn Peru, Yine women show how defending the Amazon supports local livelihoods
As Linda Alvarado, a young Indigenous Yine leader, travels through the forest in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, she collects clusters of murumuru seeds. These honeycomb-shaped structures fall from the Astrocaryum murumuru palms that reach heights of up to 10 meters (33 feet). Alvarado and her “sisters,” what she calls the other women from the community of Monte Salvado in the Madre de Dios region, use these seeds to craft necklaces and brace…
10 years ago, in just 15 days, Sheila Alvarado's life took a great turn to learn about the biodiversity of Manu National Park. Her short but enriching stay at Cocha Cashu's biological station led her to create a travel diary with illustrations and notes of all the species of the fauna and national flora that she saw as she walked through the forests and the river of the Amazon jungle.
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