Strictly from natural forests and not plantations. This nut is one of the few foods eaten the world over that comes Known in Peru asĬastana, in Bolivia as almendra, and in Brazil as the castanha do Para, In the forests of Madre de Dios in Peru studying the Brazil nut tree andĪll the organisms - plant, animal, and human - that depend on it forįrom its biology, to its commercialization, to its social importance,Įvery aspect of the Brazil nut stow is significant. Respect for these trees, which might have witnessed the great My only thoughts at that moment were of awe and More than 15 feet in diameter the oldest of them may have been several Than 150 feet tall - the equivalent of a fifteen-stow building - and My arrival, I found myself among the largest trees I had ever seen inĪll my years of research in the tropics. Where there were, he said ironically, a few "arbolitos." Upon Terborgh, the world-famous tropical researcher, suggested I visit anĪrea in the park's core, near the Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Southeastern Peru, looking for a theme for my doctoral thesis. In 1990 I was in the Parque National del Manu in The surprise awaiting mean and that it would change my relationship with
Until I saw a Brazil nut tree for the first time, I had no idea of
Tracts of the tropical Amazon but also support intricately interrelated biological and economic systems The Brazil nut trees in southeastern Peru not only preserve large 1995 Organization of American States 15 Jan.
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