New propagation techniques are being tested in the Pro-Nat. office in the central town of Philcopata. The project will be actualized in the year 2001. The second Annual Shamans Confederation meeting was held in May of 2000 in the village of Huacaria. All agreed that they wanted to be more inviting of one another in the sharing of traditional knowledge. They agreed that knowledge collected from the elders is most important lest it be lost to antiquity.
All shamans are in favor of the current project.
A December meeting will be sponsored by the project which will be attended by members from all communities and will have several themes. Important to mention will be the discussion of indigenous women as carriers and promotors of traditional medicine. Another important theme will be the development of indicators to monitor the project on the social and environmental level during the coming year. The major objective of the program has been for the native population that exists on the perimeter of the Manu Park Region buffer zone reincorporate the use of medicinal and artesanal plants into their daily life. Towards this goal, the identification of 79 more species of medicinal plants has been accomplished by the program promoter, Alberto Manqueriapa.