Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)

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Mark J. Plotkin (left) with Chief Kapai (center) and his son Demetrio (right) at the opening of the Kapai and Aretina Guardians of Knowledge Center, Brazilian Amazon, 2024. Photo by Amanda Lelis for the Amazon Conservation Team

As the world gathers for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Dr. Mark Plotkin, co-founder and president of the Amazon Conservation Team, offers perspective on what thirty years of protecting the Amazon alongside Indigenous communities has taught us. He recently shared his reflections in an article for Mongabay, an independent environmental news organization.

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