WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR RAINFORESTS AND TRIBAL PEOPLE Casey Coates Danson 9 years ago [Translate] Casey Coates Danson TED Speaker Amazonian Ethnobotanist – Mark Plotkin To really understand what is at stake by disappearing our rainforest, please watch this TED talk video and pass the word. Thank you. https://www.ted.com/speakers/mark_plotkin As fast as the rainforest is disappearing — the people of the rainforest are disappearing even faster. Mark Plotkin works to preserve generations of knowledge.