One of the non-governmental organizations that has managed to make gastronomy a means for protecting biodiversity is Peru's Amazon Residents for Amazonia, or AMPA, whose representatives presented their achievements at the World Conservation Congress being held until Sept. 10 in Hawaii. Along those lines, the challenge for young residents of Peru's Amazon region who got this project started was to create an appreciation and value for products of the rainforest. Tsumura added that since then he has served Amazon fish dishes at his restaurant, which features a fusion of Peruvian and Japanese cooking. Another of the new delicacies that chefs have discovered in Peru's Amazon region is cocoa plant gum, a fruit juice that previously had always been discarded by cocoa processing operations. Pinasco says this is just the beginning of local efforts to use gastronomy as a platform for showing the benefits of biodiversity.

Source: Fox News September 08, 2016 21:45 UTC