This video offers a guided tour through the Omora Ethnobotanical Park, located on the north coast of Navarino Island. “Omora” derives from the Yahgan word for hummingbird. For this southernmost indigenous community in the world, Omora is not just a bird: it is also a hero since Omora is said to have helped to maintain the harmony between society and the natural environment. The project of the Park has been designed by environmental researchers and philosophers, who developed the Sub- Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program and its different main areas: Sub-Antarctic Biodiversity; Socio-Ecological Research and Long-Term Monitoring; Integration between Environmental Ethics, Ecological Sciences in Biocultural Education and Biodiversity Conservation.
Credit: Francisco Aguirre
