The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and the most dynamic ecosystem on the planet. Through the tireless efforts of environmentalists and conservationists we have been shown that the region once thought of as tough, hostile and chaotic is really sensitive and fragile hanging by a tiny thread of symbiotic balance. Indiscriminate logging practices, mining, and rampant farming of soy threatens to disrupt that balance putting the health of the planet in jeopardy.

Since 1990, the Amazon Herb Company has been working with remote indigenous populations challenged by encroaching development. Their goal is to provide these communities with new models for sustainable economies. Working with the Regional Institute for the Development of Native Communities in Peru, they are helping the local people learn how to harvest and use herbs and plants for commercial purposes. At the Yarinacocha Ecological Reserve, the harvest of camu camu and local herbs has helped the community to not only have a new source of income but also to buy up, secure and protect native land and rainforest from development.

I recently learned that during one of his recent visits to the Amazon, Jean-Michel Cousteau, has taken an interest in the work done by the Amazon Herb Company. The products produced are 100% natural and very rich – containing ingredients unique to the Amazon Basin. If you would like more information on the products and the work of the Amazon Herb Company you can check their website at www. amazonherb.net

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