Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm

Mongabay
Apr 1, 2026, 10:06 am183 ptsTrendingTop
In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride down the Vaupés River in the Colombian Amazon, followed by a two-hour hike to the village of Wacará, where about 140 Indigenous Cacua people live in relative isolation. They were aiming to study the medicinal…

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