{"id":16001,"date":"2026-07-31T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:31:54","slug":"ancient-wisdom-modern-science-dr-rosa-vasquez-espinoza-on-saving-the-amazon-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=16001","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: Dr. Rosa V\u00e1squez Espinoza on Saving the Amazon Rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: Dr. Rosa V\u00e1squez Espinoza on Saving the Amazon Rainforest<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Amazon nears ecological tipping points, scientists and policymakers are rethinking how to protect the world&#8217;s largest rainforest from deforestation, mining, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Could some of the most important solutions already exist in the centuries-old knowledge of Indigenous peoples? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Rosa V\u00e1squez Espinoza, a Peruvian chemical biologist, National Geographic Explorer, author of <em>The Spirit of the Rainforest<\/em>, and founder of Amazon Research Internacional. A Rolex Laureate, UNESCO Laureate, and BBC 100 Women honoree, Dr. V\u00e1squez Espinoza combines cutting-edge scientific research with ancestral Amazonian knowledge, revealing how this partnership is reshaping conservation, advancing biomedical discovery, and helping protect one of the world&#8217;s most critical ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1.jpg 984w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-720x406.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260731-ACOM-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Rosa V\u00e1squez Espinoza,<\/strong>&nbsp;a Peruvian chemical biologist, National Geographic Explorer, author of The Spirit of the Rainforest, and founder of Amazon Research Internacional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient Wisdom, Modern&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,19,6,44,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-others","category-6","category-44","category--others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16004,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions\/16004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}