Brazil is the largest country in South America and is home to extremely diverse environments and extensive natural resources. The Amazon, is the world's largest river basin and is the source of one-fifth of all free-flowing fresh water on Earth, stretches across much of Northern Brazil. Its rain forests, the planet's largest and most luxuriant, are home to one in ten known species on Earth.

In recent years, scientific research has established a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the integrity of the global environment, but only a fraction of its biological richness has been revealed. The richest treasures of the Amazon's lie in its biological diversity. Millions of unique species of insects, animals, plants, and other organisms inhabit this tropical wilderness, making it one of the richest and most diverse forests on the planet.

Among the green treasures of the Amazon are a wealth of plants that hold great promise for healing the mind, body and spirit.