Future of the Environment

Nature-inspired design: how the Amazon can help us solve humanity's greatest challenges

A village of indigenous Yanomami is seen during Brazil’s environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in Roraima state, Brazil April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Biological systems in the Amazon are the result of millions of years of evolution. We must learn from them Image: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio
Chairman, Space Time Ventures
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