Conserving the Forests of La Amistad International Park through the Promotion of Traditional Medicine in Three Communities of Naso Ethnicity – Phase II
Grantee Name: Asociación de Practicantes de Medicina Tradicional Naso
- Hotspot
- Mesoamerica
- Location
- Panama
- Amount
- $19,635
- Dates
- Aug 2006 – Feb 2008
- Keywords
- Ethnobotany, Indigenous People, Livelihoods, Medicinal plants, Youth
Maintain traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants in Naso indigenous communities as a means of offering an incentive to maintain forest cover. The grant supports training of Naso youth by Shamans, and development of tourism packages to visit medicinal plots and demonstrate traditional dances and costumes.
2 Connect critical areas through economic alternatives
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