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Amazon Herb Scholarship Program: Giving Back to the Shipibo with Education

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

 

Thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in the Amazon Herb vision and mission, six Shipibo students have been awarded scholarships for higher education.
 
The students are from the small village of Porvenir, a community of approximately 200 Shipibo Indians.
 

Student Name
Degree
Years until Graduation

Carol Zevallos Nieves
Psychology
1

Javier Sánchez Maldonado
Engineering
2

María Luisa Rojas Sánchez
Teaching
2

Simón Rojas Sánchez
Teaching
2

Saúl Shahuano Urquia
Forestial
2

Aidé Rodríguez Rojas
Language
1

 
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A New Model of Rainforest Sustainability

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

 

When most people think about Rainforest deforestation, they imagine the burning and cutting of Rainforests, but don’t often give much thought to why the Rainforests are being destroyed.
 
Much of the deforestation has been caused by commercial efforts: To expand agricultural productivity for the rest of the world.
 
This means Rainforests are being cut down to plant [...]

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The Wild Food Advantage

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

 

When Indigenous people of the Amazonian Rainforest were evaluated to assess their health, it was with amazement that doctors found a virtual absence of degenerative diseases. The same was observed among the Hunza people, who live in a tiny region in the mountains of northwest Pakistan.
 
There were also very few cases of degenerative disease among [...]

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Rainforest Preservation – Honoring Our Connection with Nature

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

 

Imagine a portion of real estate almost the size of the United States and you get an idea of the immensity of the Amazon Rainforest. Imagine a virgin tropical environment hundreds of miles from the nearest road or source of pollution. Think of the Rainforest soil, rich in minerals and trace elements as the forest [...]

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Go Beyond the Ordinary: Choose Health, Life and Planetary Wellness

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

 
The Amazon Rainforest has been called the living pharmacy to the world, and it’s valuable for several reasons that we’re recognizing now, more than ever before. This concentration of life energy protects our entire planet and benefits all of humankind with a secure source of oxygen, clean air, climatic stability, life-giving botanicals and more.
 
 

The Amazon [...]

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How You Are Part of Giving Back to the Rainforest

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

 
For over 30 years, company founder ‘Amazon John’ has been developing relationships with the Indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest and spreading the importance of Rainforest sustainability. Amazon Herb Co. is committed to create a positive, sustainable future for the Rainforest and all of its inhabitants.
 
Our efforts begin in the Rainforest, where every one of [...]

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Tragedy and Triumph in the Peruvian Rainforest

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

 
The Bad News
 
Last year, President Alan Garcia passed laws number 1090 and 1064 that opened up 70% of Peru’s Rainforest to oil exploration. Oil companies have been lining up for concessions and are beginning to move into the forest. The first part of June, the Aguaruana group (tribe) in the northern jungle of Peru were [...]

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