1. Wade Davis Chris Massimino

2. History Born December 14, 1953 in West Vancouver, British Columbia Biology, Anthropology Undergraduate Ph.D. in Ethnobotany Harvard University Student of Dr. Richard Evans Schultes Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic

3. Background Ethnographies of indigenous societies of Northern Canada, Amazon Basin, Peru, Borneo, Tibet, Arctic, Orinoco Delta of Venezuela, Northern Kenya, Morocco, Jordan, Colombia, Europe, Polynesia Photographer, Park ranger, Forestry Engineer, big game hunting guide, licensed river guide Marred to Gail Percy, an anthropologist Father of two children

4. Bibliography (1985) The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombies, and Magic. (1988) Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1990) Penan: Voice for the Borneo Rain Forest (1991) The art of Shamanic Healing (1993) Shadow in the Sun (1996) One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest (1998) Shadows in the Sun: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire (1998) The Clouded Leopard: A Book of Travels

5. Bibliography (1995) Nomads of the Dawn: The Penan of the Borneo Rain Forest (1998) Rainforest: Ancient Realm of the Pacific Northwest (2001) Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures (2004) The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes (2008) Editor, Books of Peoples of the World: A Guide to cultures

6. Bibliography Earthguide Spirit of the Mask Cry of the Forgotten People Forests Forever Light at the Edge of the World (4 hour ethnographic filmed in Rapanu, Tahiti, the Marquesas, Nunavut, Greenland, Nepal, Peru) Peyote to LSD Grand Canyon Adventure (IMAX)

7. Notables Harvard Botanical Museum National Geographic Society American Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution TED Conference Institute of Economic Botany of The New York Botanical Garden Hundreds of Universities Published 150 scientific and popular articles

8. Principles Ethnosphere (cultural counterpart to the biosphere) Advocate of the world’s indigenous cultures Languages are diminishing, escaping the current generation Conservation of biological and cultural diversity Traditional uses of psychoactive plants Agents of human destruction, Facilitators for cultural survival Explorer-in-Residence

9. Works Cited Amazon.com: Wade Davis: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Discussions. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wade- Davis/e/B000APED2G/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1266314269&sr=8-2-ent Davis, W. (2007, 1). TED. Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis on endangered cultures: http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html Davis, W. (2008, 6). TED. Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis on the worldwide web of belief and ritual: http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual.html Mackenzie, I. (n.d.). Rimba. Retrieved from Wade Davis - Biographical Sketch: http://www.rimba.com/oneriver/wadedavisbiosketch.html National Geographic. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from National Geographic Events - Wade Davis: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers-bureau/speaker/wade-davis/ National Geographic. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis, Anthropologist Information, Facts, News, Photos: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/wade-davis.html Pescovitz, D. (2010, 2 2). Boing Boing. Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis on voodoo, the Hatai quake, and Pat Robertson: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/02/wade-davis-on-voodoo.html TED. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis Profile on TED.com: http://www.ted.com/speakers/wade_davis.html Wikipedia. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 16, 2010, from Wade Davis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Davis