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Dr.
Riach received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University
of Georgia. He is a faculty
fellow of the Honors College
at F.I.U. and has been an adjunct with the university for several
years. His research and teaching interests include the interconnections
between ecosystem health and human well-being, with a focus on the Amazon and
South Florida regions. His work combines multiple theories and
methodologies from anthropology, epidemiology, medicine, ecology, and
geography. He also specializes in traditional health knowledge and
ethnobotany of native people in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon. He
has worked on health and environmental projects among indigenous rainforest
cultures including the Cayapas and the Siona-Secoya of Ecuador and the Aguaruna and Yagua of
Peru. As a member of Project Amazonas, Inc., a humanitarian and
environmental research and education non-profit organization, he has helped
develop integrated strategies to address health, conservation, and
development needs in the Peruvian Amazon.
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