News
01 July 2025
Botanical Identification of Medicinal Plants: Scientific Method vs. Traditional Perspective
This webinar, featuring Edilberto Chuquilin, Head of the Botanical Garden at the National Agrarian University of La Selva (Tingo Maria, Peru), offers a practical introduction to the botanical identification of medicinal plants, addressing both the scientific approach (taxonomy, nomenclature, ecology) and traditional knowledge based on vernacular names and cultural use.
23 June 2025
Community-led Education and Reconnection with Spiritual Roots
Interview in Spanish with Patricia Peñaherrera, coordinator of the Education Program of Amazon Frontlines, who shares her experience of more than 25 years working with Indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. From her teaching work to the revitalization of community-led education and ancestral spirituality, Patricia speaks to us about the impact of colonization, the loss of identity, and the urgent need for collective and individual healing.
19 June 2025
Experiential Seminar for Indigenous Students
Between late April and early May, a group of young Indigenous people from the Waorani, Kofan, and Siekopai nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon participated in an experiential seminar at Takiwasi to reconnect with their identity, ancestral medicine, and cultural roots. Through plants intake, therapeutic workshops, and moments of deep introspection, these young people began a process of personal healing that strengthened them and gave them new tools to face the challenges their communities face, such as alcoholism, suicide, and the loss of cultural identity.
27 May 2025
Our collection of publications on traditional Amazonian medicine, anthropology, psychotherapy, spirituality, and ethnomedicine is a unique resource for researchers, therapists, educators, and all those interested in the intersection of ancestral knowledge and modern science.
26 May 2025
Webinar: Dangers of the Loss of Traditional Knowledge about Medicinal Plants
Our research team's new free talk, featuring Fernando García Rivera, a specialist in Intercultural Bilingual Education at Formabiap.
