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Seeds for the future

Indigenous groups have a key role as guardians of biodiversity, and their knowledge could help us all preserve our world. To survive, we all need to collaborate, reject prejudice, and share what we know.

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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona

Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.

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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science

The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.

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My rainforest upbringing

In the introduction to her serial, research biologist Nataly Allasi Canales charts the influences that led her to passion for preserving the species of the Peruvian Amazon, where she spent her childhood.

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  • A skull from Peru. Photograph.
  • Vegetation of the cinchona forest of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
  • The costume of the inhabitants of Peru.
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