Dr Gary Martin to give Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture

Dr Gary Martin (Director, Global Diversity Foundation and Rachel Carson Centre Fellow) will give the 13th Annual Kew-Kent Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture at Kew Gardens in London on October 9th. His talk will be on Medicinal plant trade, conservation and local livelihoods in southern Morocco. The annual lecture kicks off the Kent-Kew MSc Ethnobotany Programme. Dr. Martin joined the CBCD as an Honorary Research Fellow in 2011 after leaving Kent’s staff. The CBCD works closely with GDF, one of its outreach partners, and its several regional offices around the world to provide expertise and training for community based research on biocultural diversity and its conservation.

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