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May 16, 2017 Leave a comment

Call for Students: Mentorship Lunch

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58th SEB Annual Meeting

June 4-9th, 2017, Bragança, Portugal!

Living in a global world: ethnobotany, local knowledge and sustainability

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A trilingual book of plant knowledge developed through collaboration. Matthew Bond, Society for Economic Botany student member, worked with people from 4 villages in the #SolomonIslands where he lived for a year to interview people about #medicinalplants they know while on fieldwork. The book includes names & uses of 35 species in 3 languages: English, Baegu, & Baelelea (#Indigenous #languages of #SolomonIslands). Plant uses include wild foods, construction, dye firewood, fiber, & medicine. The book was given to every family in the 4 villages, where even many adults have forgotten the plant names & uses. This is the first book ever written in Baegu, & Baelelea (except the bible, which was only translated a few years ago)! To ensure that the books were written as accurately as possible, Matthew worked with villagers to verify the translation and use information. Local schools rely on English books that are mostly eurocentric, so Matthew also gave books to #schools in each language region. Languages are critical to support experience & perspectives that help maintain cultural identity & #EcologicalKnowledge Many adults & children were excited to see their languages written for the 1st time, and to read the names and uses of plants that they had forgotten but which were critical for their ancestors! Collaborative research projects can be difficult (e.g. can be hard to find shared goals, funding, & adviser/committee support), but the results can be very rewarding- like seeing elders teaching kids about plants/words/ceremonies that are no longer commonly used. Matthew is working on his PhD at #UHManoa #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #plantmedicine #ethnobotany #phytomedicine #ethnopharmacology #sebstudents #StudyEthnobotany #biogeography #bioculturaldiversity #TraditionalKnowledge #wildfood

#botany for beginners in #london Before you can use plants you have to know how to identify them! Get to know plants by learning the basics of identifying them. Society for Economic Botany members @foragewildfood and @kim_wyrt are leading a learning walk in Hampstead Heath on June 8th. It is going to be a bit more than just plant names as they both know about how plants are used. With a foraged lunch provided it will give you ideas on what to do with what you've learnt. Details and tickets on @eventbrite 'Botany for beginners - Hampstead Heath' #ethnobotany #sebstudents #studyethnobotany #taxonomy #wildplants #foraging

#fernfriday cakes of brewing yeast for sale enfolding fern fronds on the market in Bhutan. 9 or more genera of ferns are used as food in Bhutan. Here the ferns are helping to hold the yeast together making it easier to transport the yeast and store it until it is used to brew alcohol. photo from @mastersmiss #ethnobotany #Bhutanese #Bhutan #studyethnobotany #sebstudents #ferns #traditionalfoods #brewing #yeast

There is increasing demand for Himalayan gloxinia (Incarvillea arguta) that is used medicinally to treat pain, inflammation, rheumatism and weakness by people living in the Himalayas. It is also used within the herbal medicine of Yi people to treat hepatitis and diarrhea, nephritis, and cancer. (NB we are not endorsing or recommending these medicinal uses.) Society for Economic Botany student committee member Santosh Rana is working on the biogeography of this species. Santosh is a PhD candidate at Kunming Institute of Botany studying Pan-Himalayan Leguminosae. Himalayan gloxinia is cultivated as an ornamental species gardens in Europe and North America for its attractive flowers. In the wild it prefers dry sunny valleys, rocky slopes, and thickets, at elevations of 14-2700 metres. #ethnobotany #biogeography #wildlifetrade #phytomedicine #plantscience #medicinalplants #studyethnobotany #plantmedicine #ethnopharmacology

Look at stinging hedgerow stalwart nettles in a new light when you see them turned into soup. What you might think of as weedy plants can also be useful plants. Learn more from Society for Economic Botany student member @kim_wyrt of @handmade_apothecary on @bbcone #countryfile today at 7pm. Photos reposted from @handmade_apothecary #wildfoodlove #underthefloralspell #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantlove #wildfood #forage #forageandharvest #botanicalpickmeup #savourtheseasonalshift #aseasonalshift #spring #herbs #herbalism #herbalist #inspiredbynature #nature #ethnobotany #sebstudents

Some ferns are edible. These ones were on sale in the farmer's market in Thimphu, Bhutan. More than 15 species of fern are eaten in Bhutan. But be careful, not all species of fern are edible and some species are known to contain carcinogens. Photo from @mastersmiss #fernfriday #ferns #ptyxis #ethnobotany #bhutan #traditionalfoods #eatyourgreens #greenvegetables #forestfood #foraging #wildfood

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