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How the first published Indigenous ethnobotanist & elders recorded their people’s medicinal knowledge

CARAMURU/PARAGUASSU INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — Looking at the landscape of dry and cleared mountains around her house, Marta Xavier de Oliveira remembered when it was a forest. “When we got sick, that’s where we got our medicine from,” Oliveira, known as Dona Marta, 87, told Mongabay. An Indigenous elder of the Kariri-Sapuyá people, she stands […]

How the first published Indigenous ethnobotanist & elders recorded their people’s medicinal knowledge

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SARA aid may be expanded to put healthier food within reach of vulnerable Malaysians

THE government is considering expanding the scope of Sumbangan Asas RAHMAH (SARA) to enable recipients to purchase healthier food, including fresh fruit, vegetables and fresh sources of protein, as…

  • Malaysian government considers expanding SARA program for healthier food access.
  • Proposal approved at 18th NACCOL meeting chaired by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
  • Aim is to boost purchasing power and nutrition for vulnerable Malaysians.

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