A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowle

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The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism,

Approx.344 pages

Catalog of unusual drug and food plants. Includes over 4500 species (399 families). Arranged under families. Each entry gives such information as Latin species,