Field Museum's Parker/Gentry Award goes to Peruvian conservationists
CHICAGO The seventh annual Parker/Gentry Award goes to an outstanding team of Peruvian conservationists in recognition of their leadership in helping to preserve two remarkable Peruvian natural treasures: the Cordillera Azul and Los Amigos. ... ...Their tireless efforts on behalf of these two regions culminated in ... the protection of the last large, intact tract of lower montane forest in Pe...Biologists find Peruvian plants inhibit growth of TB bacterium
.Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis studying medicinal plants from the Peruvian rainforests have come across results that may significantly influence the direction of the fight against tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. Walter H. Lewis, Ph.D., professor of biology at Washington University, and his colleagues examined about 1,250 plant extracts returned from Peru and found that...