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NYBG.org: Michael J. Balick Profile
... traditional cultures in tropical, subtropical, and desert environments. He is a specialist in the field known as ethnobotany, working with indigenous cultures to document their plant knowledge, understand the environmental effects of their traditional ... and the Pohnpei Council of Traditional Leaders. A major effort in this work is to study the devolution of traditional knowledge, and its impact on ...
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Endangered Languages
... ". Gary Paul Nabhan (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona): "Indigenous Knowledge and Management of Plant/Animal Interactions in Aridoamerica". Eugene Hunn (Anthropology, University of Washington at ... "On Problems of Describing Linguistic and Ecological Knowledge". Ian Saem Majnep (Papua New Guinea): "On the Importance of Conserving Traditional Knowledge of Plants, Wildlife and Hunting: A ...
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ASPB - Public Affairs - ASPB STATEMENT ON PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING
... allows for the transfer into a plant of specific, characterized genes under known regulatory control. The precision of this technology coupled with the knowledge of the specific nature of ... problems with GE plants are also potential problems with conventionally bred plants and traditional agricultural practices. For example, gene transfer to compatible wild species, development of pesticide- ...
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Belize Botanic Gardens
... The Maya knew how to make all they needed from the forests around them. This traditional knowledge was handed down generation to generation as part of their cultural identity. For the Maya ... used for clothes, storage, tools, building, ritual and medicine. We got carried away learning about traditional plant use and made two trails! One is an easier walk in the main garden and ...
www.belizebotanic.org

Welcome to University of Hawaii at Manoa Botany
... and indigenous resource management systems (particularly effects on plant population dynamics, plant communities, and plant-plant and plant-animal interactions) Relationships between local resource management ... restoration Development of participatory methodologies to integrate ecological sciences and traditional ecological knowledge for biocultural conservation Statement My research interests lie in ...
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... and their ecological impacts (particularly effects on plant population dynamics, plant communities, and plant-plant and plant-animal interactions) Relationships between local resource management ... restoration Development of participatory methodologies to integrate ecological sciences and traditional ecological knowledge for biocultural conservation Population ecology and conservation of Native ...
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The BSPP - Publications - 50 Years of Plant Pathology
... ). Following the commemorative Congress volume a new cover design was instituted which, while retaining the traditional overall blue effect, included a striking photograph from one of the papers included in that ... and Molecular Plant Pathology, with hard copy available for those who still like to smell, feel and read the printed page. While there are scientists with a thirst for knowledge of their ...
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Middle Columbia River Ethnobotany Plant List
... Plant List ~Plants of cultural significance~ Middle Columbia River Ethnobotany Plant List Intro Patterns of subsistence Caretakers of the land Fibers, textiles and building materials Traditional knowledge ...
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Georgia Perennial Plant Association - Special Events
... 25, from 9am to 1pm, volunteers from the Georgia Perennial Plant Association, along with volunteers from several other groups, assisted ... was also responsible for the removal of many plants. His knowledge of plants allowed him to spot some hidden jewels and ... American section of Historic Oakland Cemetery, where plants were the traditional monuments placed on graves. Most of the original plants there ...
www.georgiaperennial.org

hibiscus.org
... riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL8/dec97-4.html INDIGENOUS CROPS OF AUSTRALIA &/OR TRADITIONAL BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE Emerging Indigenous Crops of Australia http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/v3-026. ... anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd go to Malvaceae Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research http://www.anbg.gov.au/projects/aust-plant-images/aust-plant-images.html go to digital camera images Australian ...
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