Devon G. Peña, Ph.D.

Restoring Heritage Cuisines and Indigenous Agroecosystems to Address Obesity, Malnutrition and Trauma

One of the consequences of the conquest and settlement of North and South America by Europeans was the displacement and destruction of native biological and cultural diversity....

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August 01, 2012

Machiguenga Communities Could be Affected by Peru Gas Production

Barbara Fraser
May 25, 2012
A commission appointed to monitor the impacts of Peru’s largest national gas production facility and pipeline warns that the project could be affecting the diet and culture of Mach...

Indigenous Children in Venezuela Dying

ICTMN Staff
April 27, 2011
For one Warao indigenous community in Venezuela the last 13 days have been filled with health issues...

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