[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm an ethnobotanist. Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.87,0:00:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a scientist who \Nworks in the rain forest Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.12,0:00:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to document how people use local plants. Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.55,0:00:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been doing this for a long time, Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.61,0:00:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to tell you, Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.38,0:00:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people know these forests\Nand these medicinal treasures Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.34,0:00:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better than we do and\Nbetter than we ever will. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.49,0:00:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, these cultures, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.80,0:00:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these indigenous cultures, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.34,0:00:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are disappearing much faster\Nthan the forests themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.02,0:00:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the greatest and\Nmost endangered species Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.97,0:00:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Amazon rain forest Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.78,0:00:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the jaguar, Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the harpy eagle, Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.34,0:00:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the isolated and uncontacted tribes. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.16,0:00:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now four years ago, I injured my \Nfoot in a climbing accident Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.92,0:00:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to the doctor. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.52,0:00:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me heat, Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.99,0:00:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she gave me cold, Aspirin, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.44,0:00:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,narcotic painkillers, anti-inflammatories, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.34,0:00:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cortisone shots. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.19,0:00:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't work. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.21,0:00:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several months later, Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.70,0:00:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the northeast Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.61,0:01:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walked into a village, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.61,0:01:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the shaman said, "You're limping." Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.32,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll never forget\Nthis as long as I live. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.63,0:01:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked me in the face and he said, Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.47,0:01:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take off your shoe and give \Nme your machete." Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.91,0:01:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.19,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He walked over to a palm tree Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.87,0:01:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and carved off a fern, Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.44,0:01:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threw it in the fire, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.58,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,applied it to my foot, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.12,0:01:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threw it in a pond of water, Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.16,0:01:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had me drink the tea. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.08,0:01:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pain disappeared for seven months. Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.52,0:01:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it came back, I went\Nto see the shaman again. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.65,0:01:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave me the same treatment, Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.40,0:01:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been cured for three years now. Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.50,0:01:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who would you rather be treated by? Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.67,0:01:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.96,0:01:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now make no mistake, Western medicine Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.78,0:01:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most successful system\Nof healing ever devised, Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.08,0:01:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's plenty of holes in it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.76,0:01:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the cure for breast cancer? Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.51,0:01:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the cure for schizophrenia? Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.38,0:01:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the cure for acid reflux? Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.77,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the cure for insomnia? Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:01:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is that these people Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.89,0:02:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can sometimes, sometimes, sometimes Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cure things we cannot. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.94,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you see a medicine man\Nin the northeast Amazon Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treating Leishmaniasis, Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.53,0:02:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really nasty protozoal disease Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.86,0:02:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that afflicts 12 million\Npeople around the world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.26,0:02:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western treatment are\Ninjections of antimony. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.93,0:02:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're painful, they're expensive, Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.61,0:02:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're probably\Nnot good for your heart. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.35,0:02:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a heavy metal. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.90,0:02:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man cures it with three plants\Nfrom the Amazon rain forest. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.83,0:02:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the magic frog. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.10,0:02:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My colleague, the late\Ngreat Loren McIntyre, Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.83,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discoverer of the source lake of Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laguna McIntyre in the Peruvian Andes, Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.93,0:02:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was lost on the Peru-Brazil\Nborder about 30 years ago. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.65,0:02:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was rescued by a group of \Nisolated Indians called the Matses. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.22,0:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They beckoned for him to follow\Nthem into the forest, which he did. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.54,0:02:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, they took out palm leaf baskets. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.96,0:02:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, they took out these\Ngreen monkey frogs Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.58,0:02:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— these are big suckers,\Nthey're like this — Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.82,0:02:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they began licking them. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.20,0:02:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out, they're\Nhighly hallucinogenic. Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.12,0:03:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,McIntyre wrote about this, \Nand it was read Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.24,0:03:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the editor of \NHigh Times Magazine. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.11,0:03:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the ethnobotanists have friends Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.24,0:03:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all sorts of strange cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.28,0:03:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy decided he would go down Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.89,0:03:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Amazon and give it a whirl, Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.62,0:03:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or give it a lick, and he did, Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.95,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wrote, Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My blood pressure went through the roof, Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.00,0:03:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost full control of\Nmy bodily functions, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.42,0:03:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I passed out in a heap, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.16,0:03:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up in a hammock six hours later, Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.38,0:03:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt like God for two days." Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.66,0:03:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.37,0:03:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An Italian chemist read this and said, Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.99,0:03:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not really interested\Nin the theological aspects Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.86,0:03:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the green monkey frog. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.57,0:03:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's this about the\Nchange in blood pressure?" Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.29,0:03:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is an Italian chemist Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.57,0:03:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's working on a new treatment\Nfor high blood pressure Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.26,0:03:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on peptides in the skin Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.67,0:03:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the green monkey frog, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.29,0:03:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other scientists are looking Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.32,0:03:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a cure for drug-resistant staph aureus. Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.49,0:03:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How ironic, if these isolated Indians Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.02,0:03:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their magic frog Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.54,0:03:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prove to be one of the cures. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.59,0:03:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an Ayahuasca shaman Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.23,0:04:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the northwest Amazon, in\Nthe middle of a yage ceremony. Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.96,0:04:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took him to Los Angeles to\Nmeet a foundation officer Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.97,0:04:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for support for monies\Nto protect their culture. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.46,0:04:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fellow looked at the\Nmedicine man, and he said, Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.06,0:04:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You didn't go to medical school, did you?" Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.42,0:04:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shaman said, "No, I did not." Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.04,0:04:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Well, then what can\Nyou know about healing?" Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.90,0:04:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shaman looked at him and he said, Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.43,0:04:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know what? If you have an infection, Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.59,0:04:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to a doctor," Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.22,0:04:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he said, "but many human afflictions Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.22,0:04:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are disease of the heart, Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.29,0:04:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind and the spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.05,0:04:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western medicine can't touch those. Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.96,0:04:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cure them." Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.42,0:04:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.55,0:04:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all is not rosy in learning from\Nnature about new medicines. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.26,0:04:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a viper from Brazil, Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.34,0:04:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the venom of which was studied at\Nthe Universidade de São Paulo here. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.82,0:04:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was later developed Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.21,0:04:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into ace inhibitors. Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a frontline treatment\Nfor hypertension. Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.60,0:04:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hypertension kills over 10 percent Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.27,0:04:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all deaths on the planet everyday. Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.46,0:05:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a four billion dollar industry Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.54,0:05:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on venom from a Brazilian snake, Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.73,0:05:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Brazilians did not get a nickel. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.07,0:05:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not an acceptable\Nway of doing business. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.37,0:05:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rain forest has been called Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.95,0:05:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest expression of life on Earth. Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.99,0:05:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a saying in Suriname\Nthat I dearly love: Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.78,0:05:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The rain forests hold answers Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.50,0:05:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to questions we have yet to ask." Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.26,0:05:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as you all know,\Nit's rapidly disappearing. Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.82,0:05:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Brazil, in the Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.17,0:05:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world. Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.48,0:05:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took this picture from a small plane Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.50,0:05:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flying over the eastern border\Nof the Xingu indigenous reserve Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.35,0:05:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the state of Mato Grosso\Nto the northwest of here. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.73,0:05:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The top half of the picture, Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.34,0:05:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see where the Indians live. Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.04,0:05:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The line through the middle Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.41,0:05:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the eastern border of the reserve. Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.76,0:05:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top half Indians, bottom half white guys. Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.66,0:05:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top half wonder drugs, Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.41,0:05:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottom half just a bunch\Nof skinny-ass cows. Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.100,0:05:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top half carbon sequestered\Nin the forest where it belongs, Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.74,0:06:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottom half carbon in the atmosphere Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.14,0:06:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's driving climate change. Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.77,0:06:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the number two cause Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.03,0:06:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of carbon being released\Ninto the atmosphere Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.57,0:06:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is forest destruction. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.04,0:06:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in talking about destruction, Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.65,0:06:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important to keep in mind Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.46,0:06:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Amazon is the mightiest\Nlandscape of all. Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.17,0:06:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a place of beauty and wonder. Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.63,0:06:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest anteater in the world Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.12,0:06:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lives in the rain forest, Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.06,0:06:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tips the scale at 90 pounds. Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.74,0:06:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goliath bird-eating spider Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.91,0:06:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the world's largest spider. Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.75,0:06:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's found in the Amazon as well. Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.42,0:06:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The harpy eagle wingspan\Nis over seven feet. Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.02,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the black cayman, Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.45,0:06:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these monsters can tip the\Nscale at over half a ton. Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.94,0:06:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're known to be man-eaters. Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.86,0:06:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The anaconda, the largest snake, Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.65,0:06:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the capybara, the largest rodent. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.72,0:06:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A specimen from here in Brazil Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.04,0:06:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tipped the scale at 201 pounds. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.73,0:07:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's visit where these creatures live, Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.32,0:07:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the northeast Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.86,0:07:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home to the Akuriyo tribe. Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.56,0:07:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncontacted peoples hold a \Nmystical and iconic role Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.08,0:07:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our imagination. Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.21,0:07:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people who \Nknow nature best. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.55,0:07:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people who truly live Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.40,0:07:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in total harmony with nature. Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.46,0:07:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By our standards, some would\Ndismiss these people as primitive. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.43,0:07:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They don't know how to make fire, Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.06,0:07:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they didn't when they\Nwere first contacted." Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.33,0:07:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they know the forest far\Nbetter than we do. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.80,0:07:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Akuriyos have 35 words for honey, Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.75,0:07:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other Indians look up to them Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the true masters\Nof the emerald realm. Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.93,0:07:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you see the face of my friend Ponay. Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.16,0:07:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a teenager rocking out Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.82,0:07:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Rolling Stones in my\Nhometown of New Orleans, Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.71,0:07:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ponay was a forest normad Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.79,0:07:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roaming the jungles of\Nthe northeast Amazon Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.29,0:07:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a small band, looking for game, Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.53,0:07:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for medicinal plants, Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.63,0:07:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for a wife, Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.02,0:07:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other small nomadic bands. Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.30,0:08:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's people like these Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.78,0:08:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that know things that we don't, Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.71,0:08:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have lots of \Nlessons to teach us. Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.83,0:08:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, if you go into most of\Nthe forests of the Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.23,0:08:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no indigenous peoples. Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.04,0:08:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you find: Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.97,0:08:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rock carvings which indigenous peoples, Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.12,0:08:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncontacted peoples, used to sharpen\Nthe edge of the stone axe. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.99,0:08:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These cultures that once danced, Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.62,0:08:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made love, sang to the gods, Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.20,0:08:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worshipped the forest, Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.79,0:08:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that's left is an imprint in stone,\Nas you see here. Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.76,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's move to the western Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is really the epicenter\Nof isolated peoples. Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.41,0:08:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of these dots represents Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.13,0:08:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a small, uncontacted tribe, Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.42,0:08:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the big reveal today is we believe\Nthere are 14 or 15 isolated groups Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.38,0:08:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Colombian Amazon alone. Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.26,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are these people isolated? Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know we exist, they\Nknow there's an outside world. Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.42,0:08:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a form of resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.73,0:08:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have chosen to remain isolated, Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.87,0:09:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it is their\Nhuman right to remain so. Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.44,0:09:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are these the tribes\Nthat hide from man? Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.99,0:09:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why. Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.97,0:09:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, some of this \Nwas set off in 1492. Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.54,0:09:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the turn of the last century Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.25,0:09:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the rubber trade. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.28,0:09:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The demand for natural rubber, Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.72,0:09:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which came from the Amazon, Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.63,0:09:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set off the botanical\Nequivalent of a gold rush. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.80,0:09:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rubber for bicycle tires, Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.68,0:09:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rubber for automobile tires, Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.30,0:09:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rubber for zeppelins. Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.05,0:09:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a mad race to get that rubber, Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.05,0:09:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man on the left, Julio Arana, Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.73,0:09:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the true thugs of the story. Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.80,0:09:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His people, his company, Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.49,0:09:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other companies like them Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.59,0:09:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed, massacred, tortured,\Nbutchered Indians Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.75,0:09:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Witotos you see on the\Nright hand side of the slide. Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.66,0:09:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today, when people\Ncome out of the forest, Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.08,0:09:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story seldom has a happy ending. Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.79,0:09:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Nukaks. They\Nwere contacted in the '80s. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.91,0:09:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within a year, everybody over 40 was dead. Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.33,0:10:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember, these\Nare preliterate societies. Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.10,0:10:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The elders are the libraries. Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.38,0:10:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time a shaman dies, Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.92,0:10:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's as if a library has been burned down. Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.04,0:10:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have been forced off their lands. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.54,0:10:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The drug traffickers have\Ntaken over the Nukak lands, Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.76,0:10:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Nukaks live as beggars Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.74,0:10:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in public parks in eastern Colombia. Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.98,0:10:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the Nukak lands, I want to \Ntake you to the southwest, Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.88,0:10:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the most spectacular landscape\Nlandscape in the world: Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.18,0:10:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chiribiquete National Park. Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.82,0:10:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was surrounded by three isolated tribes Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.86,0:10:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thanks to the Colombian government\Nand Colombian colleagues, Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.95,0:10:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has now expanded. Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.72,0:10:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's bigger than the state of Maryland. Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.69,0:10:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a treasure trove\Nof botanical diversity. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.66,0:10:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was first explored botanically in 1943 Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.09,0:10:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my mentor, Richard Schultes, Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.88,0:10:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seen here atop the Bell Mountain, Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.87,0:10:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sacred mountains of the Carajás? Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.34,0:10:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let me show you\Nwhat it looks like today. Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.07,0:10:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flying over Chiribiquete, Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.72,0:10:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize that these lost world\Nmountains are still lost. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.98,0:10:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No scientist has been atop them. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.36,0:10:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, nobody has been\Natop the Bell Mountain Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.98,0:11:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since Schultes in '43, Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.34,0:11:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll end up here\Nwith the Bell Mountain Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.81,0:11:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to the east of the picture. Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.07,0:11:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me show you what it looks like today. Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.05,0:11:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only is this a treasure\Ntrove of botanical diversity, Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.94,0:11:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only is it home to\Nthree isolated tribes, Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.72,0:11:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the greatest treasure trove Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.50,0:11:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of pre-Colombian art in the world: Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.83,0:11:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 200,000 paintings. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.90,0:11:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dutch scientist Thomas van der Hammen Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.01,0:11:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,described this as the Sistine Chapel\Nof the Amazon rain forest. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.23,0:11:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But move from Chiribiquete\Ndown to the southeast, Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.64,0:11:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again in the Colombian Amazon. Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.08,0:11:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, the Colombian Amazon\Nis bigger than New England. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.32,0:11:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Amazon's a big forest, Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.58,0:11:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Brazil's got a big part of it, Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.21,0:11:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not all of it. Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.70,0:11:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving down to these two national parks, Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.29,0:11:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cahuinari and Puré Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.44,0:11:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Colombian Amazon Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.78,0:11:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— that's the Brazilian\Nborder to the right — Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.82,0:11:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's home to several groups Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.84,0:11:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of isolated and uncontacted peoples. Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.54,0:11:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the trained eye, you\Ncan look at the roofs Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.72,0:11:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these maloccas, these longhouses, Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.81,0:12:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see that there's cultural diversity. Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.73,0:12:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are, in fact, different tribes. Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.78,0:12:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As isolated as these areas are, Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.34,0:12:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me show you how the \Noutside world is crowding in. Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.60,0:12:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we see trade and transport\Nincreased in Putamayo. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.32,0:12:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the diminishment of\Nthe Civil War in Colombia, Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.10,0:12:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outside world is showing up. Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.02,0:12:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the north, we have illegal gold mining, Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.12,0:12:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also from the east, from Brazil. Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.81,0:12:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's increased hunting and fishing\Nfor commercial purposes. Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.45,0:12:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see illegal logging\Ncoming from the south, Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.51,0:12:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drug runners are trying to\Nmove through the park Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.16,0:12:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get into Brazil. Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.37,0:12:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, in the past, is why you didn't mess Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.13,0:12:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with isolated Indians. Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.03,0:12:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it looks like this\Npicture is out of focus Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.61,0:12:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was taken\Nin a hurry, here's why. Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.90,0:12:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.42,0:12:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This looks like — (Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.30,0:12:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This looks like a hangar\Nfrom the Brazilian Amazon. Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.82,0:12:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an art exhibit in Havana, Cuba. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.57,0:12:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A group called Los Carpinteros. Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.22,0:13:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is their perception of \Nwhy you shouldn't mess Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.87,0:13:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with uncontacted Indians. Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.09,0:13:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the world is changing. Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.76,0:13:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Mascoteros\Non the Brazil-Peru border Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.76,0:13:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who stumbled out of the jungle Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.46,0:13:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were essentially chased out Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.41,0:13:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by drug runners and timber people, Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.79,0:13:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Peru, there's\Na very nasty business. Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.42,0:13:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called human safaris. Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.24,0:13:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will take you in to isolated\Ngroups to take their picture. Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.28,0:13:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, when you give them \Nclothes when you give them tools, Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.32,0:13:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you also give them diseases. Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.22,0:13:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call these "inhuman safaris." Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.07,0:13:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Indians again on the Peru border, Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.17,0:13:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were overflown by flights\Nsponsored by missionaries. Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.58,0:13:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want to get in there Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.80,0:13:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turn them into Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.54,0:13:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how that turns out. Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.84,0:13:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's to be done? Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.70,0:13:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Introduce technology\Nto the contacted tribes, Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.08,0:13:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the uncontacted tribes, Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.61,0:13:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a culturally sensitive way. Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.74,0:13:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the perfect marriage of \Nancient shamanic wisdom Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.89,0:13:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 21st century technology. Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.72,0:13:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've done this now with over 30 tribes, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.73,0:14:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mapped, managed and increased protection Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.65,0:14:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of over 70 million acres\Nof ancestral rain forest. Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.56,0:14:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.83,0:14:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this allows the Indians to take control Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.05,0:14:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their environmental\Nand cultural destiny. Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.91,0:14:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also then set up guard houses Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.57,0:14:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep outsiders out. Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.57,0:14:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Indians, trained\Nas indigenous park rangers, Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.21,0:14:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patrolling the borders Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.87,0:14:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keeping the outside world at bay. Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.24,0:14:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a picture of actual contact. Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.25,0:14:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Chitanawa Indians Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.61,0:14:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Brazil-Peru border. Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.62,0:14:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've come out of the jungle Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.32,0:14:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking for help. Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.06,0:14:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were shot at, Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.47,0:14:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their maloccas, their \Nlonghouses, were burned. Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.20,0:14:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were massacred. Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.71,0:14:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using automatic weapons to \Nslaughter uncontacted peoples Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.49,0:14:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the single most despicable and \Ndisgusting human rights abuse Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.73,0:14:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our planet today, and it has to stop. Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.67,0:15:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.20,0:15:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me conclude by saying, Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.93,0:15:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this work can be spiritually rewarding, Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.79,0:15:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's difficult and\Nit can be dangerous. Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.08,0:15:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two colleagues of mine\Npassed away recently Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.54,0:15:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the crash of a small plane. Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.90,0:15:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were serving the forest Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.68,0:15:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect those uncontacted tribes. Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.43,0:15:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question is, in conclusion, Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.37,0:15:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what the future holds. Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.19,0:15:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Uray people in Brazil. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.29,0:15:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the future hold for them, Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.97,0:15:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what does the future hold for us? Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.64,0:15:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's think differently. Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.12,0:15:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's make a better world. Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.92,0:15:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the climate's going to change, Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.84,0:15:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's have a climate that changes for\Nthe better rather than the worse. Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.92,0:15:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's live on a planet Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.08,0:15:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of luxuriant vegetation, Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.90,0:15:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which isolated peoples Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.01,0:15:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can remain in isolation, Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.87,0:15:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can maintain that mystery Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.21,0:15:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that knowledge Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.84,0:16:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they so choose. Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.53,0:16:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's live in a world Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.13,0:16:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the shamans live in these forests Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.50,0:16:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heal themselves and us Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.44,0:16:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their mystical plants Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.18,0:16:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their sacred frogs. Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.24,0:16:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks again. Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.08,0:16:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)