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Politics

Naturaleza y Comunidad: The Coca Leaf

KHSU | By Jessica Eden

Published February 20, 2019 at 5:21 PM PST

On this segment of Naturaleza y Comunidad, Yojana Miraya talks with professor Stacy Schaefer about her research on the cultural importance of the coca plant and the political influences that are impacting traditional use of this revered plant.

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Politics POLITICS RESEARCH SOUTH AMERICA INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE COCA LEAF

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