Local names reveal how enslaved Africans recognised substantial parts of the New World Flora ********************************* Professor Dr. Tinde van Andel Naturalis Special Professor of Ethnobotany, Department of … Read more
Category: CBCD
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Human Adaptation panel at RAI Conference
The CBCD (Centre for Biocultural Diversity) is sponsoring a panel at this year’s RAI Conference, Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change, in London on May 27-29th. The panel will … Read more
CBCD members published in special edition on Botanical Ontologies
A new special edition of the Journal of Ethnobiology on ‘Botanical Ontologies’ features articles by Kay Lewis-Jones and Viola Schreer, doctoral students in Ethnobiology and … Read more
Dr Pablo Dominguez publishes film online
CBCD associate member Dr Pablo Dominguez has published a film “AGDAL, Voices of the Atlas” online at: http://www.antropologiavisual.net/2007/agdal-voces-del-atlas/ The agdal of Yagour is a system of … Read more
Funding boost for research project
Dr. Anna Waldstein’s project on healing, livelihoods and agriculture among Rastafari in the UK has been given a funding boost by a Small Grant from … Read more
Research students publish review of the conference ‘How to think the Anthropocene?’
Environmental Anthropology doctoral students, Craig Ritchie and Anthony Knight, have published an enlightening review of the conference ‘How to think the Anthropocene? Anthropologists, philosophers, and … Read more
PhD candidate success
Congratulations to three doctoral candidates in biocultural diversity-related research that have successfully passed their viva voce: Nejm Benessaiah (Authority, anarchy and equity: a political ecology … Read more
Dr Dario Novellino presents at the Local Food Conference and the 5th Regional Meeting on Agribusiness and Human Rights
In October 2015, CBCD associate member Dr Dario Novellino presented papers at the Local Food Conference being held and organised in Rome by the American … Read more
Research student receives first certificate of compliance under the Nagoya Protocol
The first internationally-recognised certificate of compliance under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from … Read more
16th annual Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture
The 16th annual Kent-Kew Distinguished Ethnobotanist lecture took place on 20th October, 2015. SAC ethnobotany students and staff travelled to Kew to attend the lecture, … Read more