Call for Individual Contributions to 13th ISE Congress

The call for individual contributions is now closed. The call for individual contributions to the 13th ISE Congress in Montpellier France (20-25 May 2012) is now open. All proposals should be submitted via the online form, unless this poses a hardship due to limited internet access. If you require a paper version of the form, [...]

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Call for Award Nominations and Applications

The call for applications and nominations is now closed. Dear ISE Members, We are pleased to announce a Call for Nominations and Applications for the 2011 – 2013 ISE Darrell Posey Fellowship for Ethnoecology and Traditional Resource Rights awards. In addition to the Field Fellowship and Small Grants awards that you are all familiar with, [...]

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2012 ISE Congress

The 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology will be held Montpellier, France from 20-25 May 2012. The Congress theme is Cultural diversity and biological diversity for sustainable development: Exploring the past to build up the future. Read more about the 2012 Congress. Host Organization: The research team “Biocultural Interactions: domestication, resource management and [...]

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Society for Economic Botany 2012 Conference

The 2012 Society for Economic conference will be held 3-7 June 2012 at Frostburg University, Maryland, USA. Check their website for more information as the date grows closer.

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Call for Mentors at Society for Economic Botany 2012 Conference

Attention professors of Ethnobotany/Ethnobiology: The Open Science Network (OSN) is planning to host a mentorship program at the 2012 OSN and Society for Economic meeting to be held 3-7 June 2012 at Frostburg University, Maryland, and we would highly value your participation! This is a great opportunity to network with other professors in the field, [...]

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2012 Society of Ethnobiology Meeting

Dear Fellow Ethnobiologists, Plans for the 2012 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado are well underway. The Society of Ethnobiology invites papers for our 2012 conference “Conservation and Communities” will be held from April 11–14, 2012, at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. This year’s conference theme explores the importance and power of linking conservation efforts [...]

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3rd International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Products, & Herbal Expo-2011

19 to 21 December 2011 Organized by Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo,Columbo, Sri Lanka, under the , Chairmanship of Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama, Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo. Abstracts will be accepted for presentation at the conference up to 31 September 2011. Please download the abstract instruction and submission [...]

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Indigenous Peoples, Self-determination and Autonomy in Latin America and Canada

Invitation to the Virtual Forum for Consultation and Dialogue September 5 to October 5, 2011 The Bolivian Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies (CEBEM), the International Secretary for Human Development (ISHD), York University and the Indigenous Studies Program at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO), invite you to participate in a Forum for Consultation and Dialogue: [...]

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A petition to save the Amazon Forest

The following information and link to the petition was shared by an ISE member: Dear friends, The Amazon is in serious danger: Brazil is on the verge of gutting its forest protection laws — unless we act now, vast tracts of our planet’s lungs could be opened up to clear-cutting devastation.  This threat to the [...]

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Study Ethnobotany at the University of Hawaii

Ethnobotany at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (UHM) draws on the participation of 6 core faculty and numerous distinguished faculty affiliates housed in more than 15 academic departments. Ethnobotany at UHM is part of the Botany Department under the College of Natural Sciences. Faculty and Students in Ethnobotany also collaborate with several complementary research and education programs/organizations within [...]

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