James Michael McCoy
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www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... check out this insightful piece from my friend (and fellow ethnobotanist) Wade Davis!
The Secret History of Coca
Coca is still classified among the world’s most dangerous drugs, the equivalent of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine. That could change soon
www.rollingstone.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... check out this insightful piece from my friend (and fellow ethnobotanist) Wade Davis!
Reposted by James Michael McCoy
Good news: the Amazon Conservation Team has partnered with Indigenous authorities and the Colombian government to protect almost 3 million acres of highly biodiverse rainforest, home to the isolated Yuri-Passe indigenous group!
March 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Good news: the Amazon Conservation Team has partnered with Indigenous authorities and the Colombian government to protect almost 3 million acres of highly biodiverse rainforest, home to the isolated Yuri-Passe indigenous group!
Reposted by James Michael McCoy
"Deploying remote sensing... multidisciplinary teams of scientists have been detecting traces of Amazon basin cities far older, larger, more populous – and more sustainably run – than anyone had imagined"
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Deploying remote sensing... multidisciplinary teams of scientists have been detecting traces of Amazon basin cities far older, larger, more populous – and more sustainably run – than anyone had imagined"
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...