SFS Peru: Amazonian Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine

Explore the deep connections between medicinal plants' biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and health across the Peruvian Amazon. Deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge, traditional medicine is not just a package of healing practices but an expression of a holistic understanding of health that sees humans, non-human living forms, forests, and the spiritual realm as intimately interconnected. Through excursions, field visits, and conversations with local practitioners, students will learn how cultural and biological diversity intersect in approaches to healing. The program also critically examines how Indigenous knowledge is perceived within global biomedical frameworks, inviting dialogue between different ways of understanding health and the environment.