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ACT In the Media: 2006-1999

	35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Plotkin  Smithsonian Magazine ACT President and co-founder Mark Plotkin honored for his distinguished contributions to rainforest conservation.
	In Search of the Shamans' Vanishing Wisdom   Time Magazine The old shaman placed a bamboo shoot filled with hallucinogenic snuff against Mark Plotkin's left nostril and blew into the tube.
	The Tirió find their way  National Geographic “It’s a perfect marriage of indigenous wisdom and western technology...”
	Mongabay's Rhett Butler interviews ACT President Dr. Mark Plotkin  Mongabay.com Integrated biodiversity and cultural conservation can be more effective than traditional protected areas while delivering health benefits to local populations.
	Amazon indians go high-tech to map their land  MSNBC 10 million acres charted by consulting elders’ tales as well as GPS receivers.
	ACT  awarded by UN for best practices using indigenous knowledge  UNESCO This publication, the second co-product of Nuffic’s Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Unit and UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST), is a contribution to global efforts to document local or indigenous knowledge before it is lost forever.
	Park preserves Amazonian frontier  MSNBC Indians to take charge of their sacred lands in Colombia

 

 

 

 

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