biodiversità andino-amazzonica | Sagrada Coca Verde

DESANDINIZATION of COCA

Jan 29 2017

The time after my expulsion from Bolivia was not easy nor peaceful, but the fact to be safe and fine encouraged me to stay firm, albeit unquietly, on my ideals and commitments in and towards Life, under the blessing look of the sacred green Coca, suggesting new paths to explore.

The traditional use of Coca, except some pockets of inveterate prejudice, is recognized as a founding element of the Andean culture, so calling for a moral engagement to protect and enhance the sense of ritual and community aggregation.

Jan 29 2017

In the Andean-Amazonian region, cradle of the Erythroxylum Coca, the sacred plant of the Andes, over several decades it’s the watchword: war on Coca …
The officially stated objective is the destruction of cocales, the crops of Coca, to avoid the artificial production of cocaine hydrochloride, known as white powder.
However, on the base of the full knowledges about the sacred plant of the Andes, that objective is badly formulated, if not downright false.

Jan 29 2017

To the Andean-Amazon ecosystem, privileged area of planetary biodiversity, belong about 80 of the 120 known systems, with incalculable regenerating potential for life’s processes, but also at risk of catastrophic disasters, in case of deterioration or destruction of the integrity of the vital balance.

The plant of Coca, for its potential beneficial uses, stands in the specific and promising area of alkaloids plants, botanical resources identified by the content of alkaloids, defined as nitrogen composed elements, present in different botanical species, with peculiar physiological and toxicological properties.

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DESANDINIZATION of COCA

The WAR on COCA

The ALKALOIDS PLANTS in BIODIVERSITY