Wade Davis

"Davis does not consider preservation to be his job, however. 'I’m not in the business of trying to save the Peruvian Indian farmer any more than he’s in the business of trying to save me,' he says. Instead, his goal is taking the rest of us to realms of cultural splendor so great that we will understand, finally, their value to the world."

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