Land Disease: How Forest Monoculture Destroys Mapuche Ancient Medicine · Global Voices

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Land Disease: How Forest Monoculture Destroys Mapuche Ancient Medicine · Global Voices

In the depths of the Wallmapu, where the earth beats at the ancestral rhythm of Mapuche culture, a history of devastation and resistance is hidden. Margarita Pailaya Huenchunao, a well-known lawentuchefe (a knowledge of Mapuche medicines based on native plants) and Mapuche speaker, reveals in this interview the profound impact of pine and eucalyptus plantations on her territory, her culture and her health. Her words, loaded with pain and hope, a…