Asakiyume on Nostr: "The Amazon rain forest is not virgin forest--rather it is a vast garden, cultivated ...
"The Amazon rain forest is not virgin forest--rather it is a vast garden, cultivated by Indigenous people."
YES!
Europeans, used to a European model of land usage, arrived in the Western Hemisphere and didn't recognize that the woodlands and grasslands of North America and the rain forests of South America were not wildernesses, but managed lands.
Thx npub1dlx7mpqdf2pjlwssysqfkwfdjpfgk74ke0jl68vfr8dtca86fdjqttemzr (npub1dlx…emzr) for the article! https://theconversation.com/ecologia-a-amazonia-nao-e-uma-floresta-virgem-mas-um-grande-jardim-plantado-culturalmente-pelos-povos-indigenas-225160 #Amazonia #LandUse #Wilderness #indigeneity #IndigenousRights #biodiversity
YES!
Europeans, used to a European model of land usage, arrived in the Western Hemisphere and didn't recognize that the woodlands and grasslands of North America and the rain forests of South America were not wildernesses, but managed lands.
Thx npub1dlx7mpqdf2pjlwssysqfkwfdjpfgk74ke0jl68vfr8dtca86fdjqttemzr (npub1dlx…emzr) for the article! https://theconversation.com/ecologia-a-amazonia-nao-e-uma-floresta-virgem-mas-um-grande-jardim-plantado-culturalmente-pelos-povos-indigenas-225160 #Amazonia #LandUse #Wilderness #indigeneity #IndigenousRights #biodiversity