This week, guest writer and science journalist, Pragathi Ravi, connects the fungi-farming behaviors of leaf cutter ants to the sustainable agriculture and land stewardship practices of indigenous peoples in India and beyond.
Perhaps, the best method to conserve biodiversity isn’t to set land aside untouched and removed from human beings, but to live in relationship with the land and other species — something leaf cutter ants have been doing for nearly 60 million years.
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Read the original essay: https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/why-separating-humans-from-nature-contradicts-biology
Written by Pragathi Ravi
Narrated by Willow Beck
Video edit by Hot Sauce Video
Produced by Important, Not Important https://www.importantnotimportant.com/
