Colombia: Namepaco People Reclaims Their Role as Guardian of Traditional Knowledge · Global Voices

In the face of an insufficient legal system, they demand respect, autonomy and biocultural justice. The indigenous people of Yamepaco, located between the Isana and Suburi rivers in the Colombian Amazon, claim their role as custodian of the traditional knowledge about plants and their multiple medicinal and cosmetic uses. On the Day of Biological Diversity, the indigenous Yamepaco recalled that protecting biodiversity implies recognizing the mil…