Exactly, Claude. Ugh. That scene, it just stayed with me, in a bad way.
Anyway, a long time ago, my friends and I used live journal to discuss shit, and these were the kind of comments we would leave on each other's live journal entries, AS COMMENTS.
I miss that so much. Heh.
Anyway, a long time ago, my friends and I used live journal to discuss shit, and these were the kind of comments we would leave on each other's live journal entries, AS COMMENTS.
I miss that so much. Heh.
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Exactly, Claude. Ugh. That scene, it just stayed with me, in a bad way.
Anyway, a long time ago, my friends and I used live journal to discuss shit, and these were the kind of comments we would leave on each other's live journal entries, AS COMMENTS.
I miss that so much. Heh.
Anyway, a long time ago, my friends and I used live journal to discuss shit, and these were the kind of comments we would leave on each other's live journal entries, AS COMMENTS.
I miss that so much. Heh.
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An Asháninka researcher in Peru is bringing Indigenous knowledge into scientific journals. By documenting stingless bees, Richar Antonio Demetrio is challenging who gets to define science — and showing why equitable conservation lasts.
An Asháninka researcher in Peru is bringing Indigenous knowledge into scientific journals. By documenting stingless bees, Richar Antonio Demetrio is challenging who gets to define science — and showing why equitable conservation lasts.
When Indigenous knowledge enters the scientific record
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For most of Peru’s scientific history, Indigenous knowledge has…
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An Asháninka researcher in Peru is bringing Indigenous knowledge into scientific journals. By documenting stingless bees, Richar Antonio Demetrio is challenging who gets to define science — and showing why equitable conservation lasts.
An Asháninka researcher in Peru is bringing Indigenous knowledge into scientific journals. By documenting stingless bees, Richar Antonio Demetrio is challenging who gets to define science — and showing why equitable conservation lasts.
"This story, which has been passed down from generation to generation among the more than 50,000 Asháninka who currently live in Peru, is now enshrined in a scientific paper. Published in the journal Ethnobiology and Conservation in March 2025, the study documents..."
Asháninka scientist Richar Antonio Demetrio blends Indigenous knowledge and science to study stingless bees—revealing deep ecological insight and warning that over half their habitat faces deforestation.
‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a traditional Amazonian fermented beverage. Every day, she would boil and mash…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"This story, which has been passed down from generation to generation among the more than 50,000 Asháninka who currently live in Peru, is now enshrined in a scientific paper. Published in the journal Ethnobiology and Conservation in March 2025, the study documents..."
A la fois plurimillénaire et contemporaine, l'Amazonie indienne s'expose au #muséedesConfluences de #Lyon. Les peuples #ashaninka #kayapo #wayana et #apalaï y prennent la parole pour raconter leurs spécificités culturelles. Un point de vue autochtone fascinant. A voir !
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A la fois plurimillénaire et contemporaine, l'Amazonie indienne s'expose au #muséedesConfluences de #Lyon. Les peuples #ashaninka #kayapo #wayana et #apalaï y prennent la parole pour raconter leurs spécificités culturelles. Un point de vue autochtone fascinant. A voir !
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"No Peru, um governo local realizou algo inédito em todo o mundo: concedeu direitos a um inseto. Parte da cultura ancestral do povo indígena ashaninka, as abelhas sem ferrão nativas da amazônia são consideradas as mais antigas do mundo e passam a ser... (+)
"No Peru, um governo local realizou algo inédito em todo o mundo: concedeu direitos a um inseto. Parte da cultura ancestral do povo indígena ashaninka, as abelhas sem ferrão nativas da amazônia são consideradas as mais antigas do mundo e passam a ser... (+)
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"No Peru, um governo local realizou algo inédito em todo o mundo: concedeu direitos a um inseto. Parte da cultura ancestral do povo indígena ashaninka, as abelhas sem ferrão nativas da amazônia são consideradas as mais antigas do mundo e passam a ser... (+)
"No Peru, um governo local realizou algo inédito em todo o mundo: concedeu direitos a um inseto. Parte da cultura ancestral do povo indígena ashaninka, as abelhas sem ferrão nativas da amazônia são consideradas as mais antigas do mundo e passam a ser... (+)
Who gets to decide what counts as science?
An Asháninka researcher from Peru is bringing community knowledge into peer-reviewed journals, reports Xilena Pinedo.
Richar Demetrio’s work shows how Indigenous knowledge, long sidelined, can shape conservation and livelihoods.
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An Asháninka researcher from Peru is bringing community knowledge into peer-reviewed journals, reports Xilena Pinedo.
Richar Demetrio’s work shows how Indigenous knowledge, long sidelined, can shape conservation and livelihoods.
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Who gets to decide what counts as science
For most of Peru’s scientific history, Indigenous knowledge has existed outside the formal record. It shaped how forests were used, how species were managed, and how risk was understood, but rarely ap...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Who gets to decide what counts as science?
An Asháninka researcher from Peru is bringing community knowledge into peer-reviewed journals, reports Xilena Pinedo.
Richar Demetrio’s work shows how Indigenous knowledge, long sidelined, can shape conservation and livelihoods.
mongabay.cc/5A2reE
An Asháninka researcher from Peru is bringing community knowledge into peer-reviewed journals, reports Xilena Pinedo.
Richar Demetrio’s work shows how Indigenous knowledge, long sidelined, can shape conservation and livelihoods.
mongabay.cc/5A2reE
Asháninka scientist Richar Antonio Demetrio blends Indigenous knowledge and science to study stingless bees—revealing deep ecological insight and warning that over half their habitat faces deforestation.
‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a traditional Amazonian fermented beverage. Every day, she would boil and mash…
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January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Asháninka scientist Richar Antonio Demetrio blends Indigenous knowledge and science to study stingless bees—revealing deep ecological insight and warning that over half their habitat faces deforestation.
'I'm proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher': Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
->Mongabay | #bee | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Mongabay | #bee | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
'I'm proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher': Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
Richar Antonio Demetrio is the first Indigenous Asháninka scientist to publish in a high-impact journal, combining traditional ecological knowledge with scientific methodology to study meliponiculture, the farming of stingless bees. His first paper, published in March 2025, reveals that Asháninka...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees news.mongabay.com/2026/01/im-p...
‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a traditional Amazonian fermented beverage. Every day, she would boil and mash ...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees news.mongabay.com/2026/01/im-p...
‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees news.mongabay.com/2026/01/im-p...
4/7 For the Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples, the bees hold deep spiritual meaning.
Apu Cesar Ramos: "The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial and reflects our coexistence with the rainforest."
Yet, elders report being driven out by aggressive Africanised swarms.
Apu Cesar Ramos: "The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial and reflects our coexistence with the rainforest."
Yet, elders report being driven out by aggressive Africanised swarms.
December 31, 2025 at 5:21 AM
4/7 For the Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples, the bees hold deep spiritual meaning.
Apu Cesar Ramos: "The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial and reflects our coexistence with the rainforest."
Yet, elders report being driven out by aggressive Africanised swarms.
Apu Cesar Ramos: "The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial and reflects our coexistence with the rainforest."
Yet, elders report being driven out by aggressive Africanised swarms.
“W/n the stingless bee lives Indigenous traditional knowledge passed down since the time of our grandparents,” said Apu Cesar Ramos, prez of EcoAshaninka of Ashaninka Communal Reserve. “The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial & reflects our coexistence w the rainforest.” #RightsOfNature
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
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December 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“W/n the stingless bee lives Indigenous traditional knowledge passed down since the time of our grandparents,” said Apu Cesar Ramos, prez of EcoAshaninka of Ashaninka Communal Reserve. “The stingless bee has existed since time immemorial & reflects our coexistence w the rainforest.” #RightsOfNature
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The collaborative effort in the #Peru Amazon to study & protect #stingless-bees which are the oldest bee species and hold cultural significance for the Indigenous Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples has been a success. These bees are now legally protected.
The collaborative effort in the #Peru Amazon to study & protect #stingless-bees which are the oldest bee species and hold cultural significance for the Indigenous Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples has been a success. These bees are now legally protected.
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first — Guardian US
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
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December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The collaborative effort in the #Peru Amazon to study & protect #stingless-bees which are the oldest bee species and hold cultural significance for the Indigenous Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples has been a success. These bees are now legally protected.
The collaborative effort in the #Peru Amazon to study & protect #stingless-bees which are the oldest bee species and hold cultural significance for the Indigenous Asháninka and Kukama-Kukamiria peoples has been a success. These bees are now legally protected.
Traditional medicines of the Ashaninka tribe.
Rebranded as 'Ethno-Pharma'.
It is worth more to us; as a species, to focus on conservatism and sustainability for small marginalized peoples; regardless of where they come from.
ethnopharm.com/traditional-...
Rebranded as 'Ethno-Pharma'.
It is worth more to us; as a species, to focus on conservatism and sustainability for small marginalized peoples; regardless of where they come from.
ethnopharm.com/traditional-...
Traditional Medicine of the Ashaninka - EthnoPharm
Post Series: Global Traditional Medicine Systems In order to spread awareness about the rich living herbal traditions from around the world, this post series is intended to introduce some of the chara...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Traditional medicines of the Ashaninka tribe.
Rebranded as 'Ethno-Pharma'.
It is worth more to us; as a species, to focus on conservatism and sustainability for small marginalized peoples; regardless of where they come from.
ethnopharm.com/traditional-...
Rebranded as 'Ethno-Pharma'.
It is worth more to us; as a species, to focus on conservatism and sustainability for small marginalized peoples; regardless of where they come from.
ethnopharm.com/traditional-...
Rima Sultana Rimu builds peace and safety for children in conflict areas.
Bisan Owda keeps truth alive from Gaza.
Ruth Buendía protects Asháninka land and rights from destructive megaprojects.
Agather Atuhaire confronts corruption and demands accountability in Uganda.
Bisan Owda keeps truth alive from Gaza.
Ruth Buendía protects Asháninka land and rights from destructive megaprojects.
Agather Atuhaire confronts corruption and demands accountability in Uganda.
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Rima Sultana Rimu builds peace and safety for children in conflict areas.
Bisan Owda keeps truth alive from Gaza.
Ruth Buendía protects Asháninka land and rights from destructive megaprojects.
Agather Atuhaire confronts corruption and demands accountability in Uganda.
Bisan Owda keeps truth alive from Gaza.
Ruth Buendía protects Asháninka land and rights from destructive megaprojects.
Agather Atuhaire confronts corruption and demands accountability in Uganda.
True to their name, stingless bees don’t sting, they can’t. Unlike the honeybees brought to the Americas by European colonizers to produce wax for candle making in the 1800s, the ones some Asháninka call “killer bees, these native species don’t have functional stingers.
https://loom.ly/ee8ZLTM
https://loom.ly/ee8ZLTM
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon - Inside Climate News
As deforestation and climate change threaten some of Peru’s least-known pollinators, scientists join forces with Indigenous Asháninka communities to protect the insects and their new legal rights.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
True to their name, stingless bees don’t sting, they can’t. Unlike the honeybees brought to the Americas by European colonizers to produce wax for candle making in the 1800s, the ones some Asháninka call “killer bees, these native species don’t have functional stingers.
https://loom.ly/ee8ZLTM
https://loom.ly/ee8ZLTM
Your Giving Tuesday donation goes twice as far.
Support Shipibo and Asháninka families in the Amazon facing critical food shortages.
Give now: https://agapehands.org/solidarity-baskets/
#GivingTuesday #DoubleYourImpact #EndHunger
Support Shipibo and Asháninka families in the Amazon facing critical food shortages.
Give now: https://agapehands.org/solidarity-baskets/
#GivingTuesday #DoubleYourImpact #EndHunger
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Your Giving Tuesday donation goes twice as far.
Support Shipibo and Asháninka families in the Amazon facing critical food shortages.
Give now: https://agapehands.org/solidarity-baskets/
#GivingTuesday #DoubleYourImpact #EndHunger
Support Shipibo and Asháninka families in the Amazon facing critical food shortages.
Give now: https://agapehands.org/solidarity-baskets/
#GivingTuesday #DoubleYourImpact #EndHunger
Mantienen orden de prisión contra líder asháninka
Mantienen orden de prisión contra líder asháninka
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Mantienen orden de prisión contra líder asháninka
Criminalización en la Amazonía: Estado peruano amenaza con cadena perpetua a líder asháninka
Criminalización en la Amazonía: Estado peruano amenaza con cadena perpetua a líder asháninka
www.federacionanarquista.net
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Criminalización en la Amazonía: Estado peruano amenaza con cadena perpetua a líder asháninka
Pueblos Awajún y Asháninka fortalecen la defensa territorial y articulan una estrategia común para la Amazonía.
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pueblos Awajún y Asháninka fortalecen la defensa territorial y articulan una estrategia común para la Amazonía.
This Giving Tuesday, help feed 1,200 abandoned elders and vulnerable Asháninka & Shipibo children in Peru. Your gift brings food, dignity, and hope.
👉 Donate: https://agapehands.org/feeding-hands/
#GivingTuesday #AgapeHand #FeedHope
👉 Donate: https://agapehands.org/feeding-hands/
#GivingTuesday #AgapeHand #FeedHope
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This Giving Tuesday, help feed 1,200 abandoned elders and vulnerable Asháninka & Shipibo children in Peru. Your gift brings food, dignity, and hope.
👉 Donate: https://agapehands.org/feeding-hands/
#GivingTuesday #AgapeHand #FeedHope
👉 Donate: https://agapehands.org/feeding-hands/
#GivingTuesday #AgapeHand #FeedHope
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Picture of fish trap belonging to
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
#Asháninka, or #Campa, an #indigenouspeople living in #Peru and #Acre, #Brazil. Dating to 1913 William Curtis Farabee expedition.
The Asháninka are mostly dependent on subsistence agriculture mixed hunting, fishing ans gathering from forest.
🗣️ Conversamos con Ángel Pedro Valerio, líder asháninka, sobre la agenda indígena que se debatirá en la #COP30, la conferencia global sobre cambio climático que se realiza en Brasil. @mongabaylatam.bsky.social está presente en el evento. es.mongabay.com/2025/11/cop3...
“En esta COP, queremos visibilizar los riesgos que corren aquellos que defienden los bosques” | ENTREVISTA
“En esta COP, queremos visibilizar los riesgos que corren aquellos que defienden los bosques” | ENTREVISTA
es.mongabay.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🗣️ Conversamos con Ángel Pedro Valerio, líder asháninka, sobre la agenda indígena que se debatirá en la #COP30, la conferencia global sobre cambio climático que se realiza en Brasil. @mongabaylatam.bsky.social está presente en el evento. es.mongabay.com/2025/11/cop3...
Ketty Marcelo López, an Asháninka leader from Peru, said Peru’s national #Indigenous organizations helped establish regional platforms for engagement
However, political instability and weak #climate governance have disrupted continuity
However, political instability and weak #climate governance have disrupted continuity
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ketty Marcelo López, an Asháninka leader from Peru, said Peru’s national #Indigenous organizations helped establish regional platforms for engagement
However, political instability and weak #climate governance have disrupted continuity
However, political instability and weak #climate governance have disrupted continuity
Cuatro nuevas especies de Gesneriaceae de la Reserva de Biósfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha, Perú. 2025. Revista Forestal del Perú
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Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
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Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cuatro nuevas especies de Gesneriaceae de la Reserva de Biósfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha, Perú. 2025. Revista Forestal del Perú
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
Really beautiful graphic, thank you so much @lemonadegirl.bsky.social💙 for including me in this great list🤗💖
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Really beautiful graphic, thank you so much @lemonadegirl.bsky.social💙 for including me in this great list🤗💖