The Apple of the Amazon: An Ethnography of Pijuayo – Part 3
In the Peruvian Amazon, many jungle dwellers are reluctant to call palms ‘trees’. They are a category of plants unto themselves.
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Founder and Executive Director of Camino Verde, Robin has lived in the Tambopata province of the Peruvian Amazon since 2004. A long-time student of traditional and indigenous agriculture and medicinal practices, his work has focused on developing community-based reforestation strategies to regenerate important endangered plants of the Amazon. He is a writer, regenerative designer, and consultant in agroforestry, reforestation, and regenerative development.
The Apple of the Amazon: An Ethnography of Pijuayo – Part 2
Some believe the Inkas maintained a kind of obsession with entering the rainforests to the east of their Andean domain.
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The Apple of the Amazon: An Ethnography of Pijuayo – Part 1
Every year in the high Andes of Peru, tens of thousands of pilgrims walk a cold stony trail to the base of one of the region’s many glaciers.
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