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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, 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: 0,0:01:23.16,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had me drink the tea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.17,0:01:28.52,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: 0,0:01:36.50,0:01:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who would you rather be treated by?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.15,0:01:41.96,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: 0,0:01:43.78,0:01:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most successful system of healing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.74,0:01:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever devised,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.24,0:01:49.76,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: 0,0:02:21.90,0:02:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man cures it with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.26,0:02:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three plants from the Amazon rain forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.81,0:02:28.10,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: 0,0:02:34.93,0:02:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was lost on the Peru-Brazil border
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.04,0:02:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 30 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.64,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was rescued by a group of isolated
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.46,0:02:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indians called the Matses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.22,0:02:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They beckoned for him to follow them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.70,0:02:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the forest, which he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.50,0:02:48.96,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: 0,0:02:59.12,0:03:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,McIntyre wrote about this, and it was read
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the editor of High 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: 0,0:03:26.66,0:03:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.60,0:03:29.99,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 presure?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.29,0:03:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is an Italian chemist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.57,0:03:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's working on a new treatment\Nfor high blood pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.87,0:03:42.67,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: 0,0:03:58.23,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the northwest Amazon, in\Nthe middle of a yage ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took him to Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.59,0:04:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet a foundation officer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.26,0:04:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for support
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.66,0:04:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for moneys to protect their culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.80,0:04:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fellow looked at the\Nmedicine man, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.23,0:04:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You didn't go to medical school, did you"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.34,0:04:15.04,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: 0,0:04:23.22,0:04:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he said, "but many human afflictions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.92,0:04:27.29,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: 0,0:04:38.55,0:04:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all is not rosy in learning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.28,0:04:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from nature about new medicines.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.25,0:04:44.34,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: 0,0:05:06.07,0:05:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not an acceptable way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.72,0:05:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of doing business.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.50,0:05:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rain forest has been called
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest expression of life on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.91,0:05:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a saying in Suriname
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.21,0:05:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I dearly love:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.76,0:05:19.50,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: 0,0:05:53.100,0:05:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top half carbon sequestered
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.08,0:05:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the forest where it belongs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.71,0:06:00.14,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: 0,0:06:14.46,0:06:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Amazon is the mightiest
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.37,0:06:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.16,0:06:20.63,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: 0,0:06:34.42,0:06:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The harpy eagle wingspan
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.49,0:06:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is over seven feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the black cayman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.45,0:06:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These monsters can tip the scale
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.22,0:06:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at over half a ton.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.93,0:06:46.86,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: 0,0:07:03.56,0:07:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uncontacted peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.34,0:07:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold a mystical and iconic role
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.53,0:07:11.21,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 know nature best.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.55,0:07:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people who truly live
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.16,0:07:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in total harmony with nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.69,0:07:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By our standards, some would\Ndismiss these people as primitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.48,0:07:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know how to make fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.74,0:07:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they didn't when they\Nwere first contacted,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.24,0:07:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they know the forest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.98,0:07:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far better than we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.77,0:07:31.75,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: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the true masters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.36,0:07:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the emerald realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.92,0:07:40.16,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: 0,0:07:49.29,0:07:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a small band,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.91,0:07:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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: 0,0:08:02.71,0:08:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have lots of lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.91,0:08:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.82,0:08:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, if you go into most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.34,0:08:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the forests of the Amazon,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.22,0:08:12.04,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: 0,0:08:17.12,0:08:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncontacted peoples, used to sharpen
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.64,0:08:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the edge of the stone axe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.98,0:08:23.62,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: 0,0:08:27.79,0:08:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that's left is an imprint in stone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.96,0:08:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you see here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.74,0:08:34.00,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: 0,0:08:41.42,0:08:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the big reveal today is
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.99,0:08:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe there are 14 or 15 isolated groups
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.38,0:08:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Columbian 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: 0,0:09:04.99,0:09:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why. Obviously some of this
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.100,0:09:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was set off in 1492,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.22,0:09:11.25,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: 0,0:09:37.59,0:09:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killed, massacred, tortured,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.35,0:09:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,butchered Indians like the Witotos you see
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.64,0:09:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the right hand side of the slide.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.84,0:09:48.08,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: 0,0:10:09.54,0:10:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The drug traffickers have taken over
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.84,0:10:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Nukak lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.76,0:10:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Nukaks live as beggars
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.74,0:10:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in public parks in eastern Colombia.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.79,0:10:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the Nukak lands, I want to take you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.36,0:10:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the southwest, to the most spectacular
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.33,0:10:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape in the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.18,0:10:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chiribiquete National Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.12,0:10:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was surrounded by three isolated tribes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.86,0:10:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thanks to the Colombian government
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.29,0:10:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Colombian colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.65,0:10:33.72,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: 0,0:11:02.34,0:11:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll end up here\Nwith the Bell Mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.95,0:11:07.07,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: 0,0:11:23.90,0:11:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dutch scientist Thomas van der Hammen
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.61,0:11:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,described this as the Sistine Chapel
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.16,0:11:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Amazon rain forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.42,0:11:34.64,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: 0,0:11:36.08,0:11:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, the Colombian Amazon
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.55,0:11:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bigger than New England.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.31,0:11:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Amazon's a big forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.99,0:11:42.21,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: 0,0:11:53.84,0:11:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of isolated and uncontacted peoples.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.21,0:11:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the trained eye, you\Ncan look at the roofs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.72,0:12:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these maloccas, these longhouses,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.09,0:12:01.73,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: 0,0:12:06.34,0:12:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me show you how the outside world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.74,0:12:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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: 0,0:12:16.10,0:12:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outside world is showing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.15,0:12:21.12,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: 0,0:12:22.81,0:12:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's increased hunting and fishing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.67,0:12:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for commercial purposes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.45,0:12:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see illegal logging\Ncome in from the south,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.51,0:12:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drug runners are trying to move
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.33,0:12:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the park 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: 0,0:12:57.57,0:12:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A group called Los Carpinteros.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.41,0:13:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is their perception\Nof why you shouldn't
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.04,0:13:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mess 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: 0,0:13:19.24,0:13:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will take you in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.76,0:13:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to isolated groups to take their picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.43,0:13:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, when you give them clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.81,0:13:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you give them tools,\Nyou also give them diseases.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.83,0:13:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call these "inhuman safaris."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.30,0:13:32.17,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: 0,0:13:49.74,0:13:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the perfect marriage
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.05,0:13:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ancient shamanic wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.88,0:13:56.72,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: 0,0:14:46.71,0:14:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using automatic weapons
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.79,0:14:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to slaughter uncontacted peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.21,0:14:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the single most despicable
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.28,0:14:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disgusting human rights abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.79,0:14:59.67,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: 0,0:15:28.19,0:15:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are Uray people in Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.41,0:15:31.97,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: 0,0:15:40.84,0:15:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's have a climate that changes for
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.36,0:15:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the better rather than for 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)