The more we work on the Handbook, the
more we realize how many sources of
information exist. Faced with the
impossibility of describing each
organization, journal, network and
newsletter in detail, we have created the
multimedia centre, where you will find
many additional places to learn about
ethnobotany, conservation and community
development. Each contact is like a seed,
waiting to grow into new collaborations
and to bear new ideas.
-GJM
Internet, World
Wide Web, etc.
There
is a vast and ever growing body of
information available on the Internet.
The best way of finding out what is there
is simply by exploring the World Wide
Web. James Morley of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew suggests that you begin by
visiting the following sites:
Another means of obtaining information is
to subscribe to a newsgroup or
listserver. These serve as a forum for
the exchange of information, and are for
informal discussions and debates. For
example, http://www.bio.net/ contains
details of the Newsgroup Network for
Biology.
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The People and
Plants bookshelf
From
standard references to popular
overviews and scholarly texts, our
bookshelf is filling up with books
that ethnobotanists like to read and
consult. Although your bookseller
should be able to get hold of
most of these books for you, we
include contacts for publications
that may be hard to find. Let us know
of any other titles you would
recommend to fellow readers of the
Handbook.
Wilson, E.O. 1992. The Diversity of
Life. W.W. Norton, New York. In 15
well-written chapters grouped into 3
sections (Violent Nature, Resilient
Life; Biodiversity Rising; and The
Human Impact), this classic describes
how life on earth has evolved,
diversified and come under threat
from human actions.
Cook, F. 1995. Economic Botany Data
Collection Standard. Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. This book provides a
system whereby uses of plants can be
described and recorded consistently.
It gives standardized descriptors and
terms for plant uses to a high level
of detail and is aimed in particular
at people developing databases.
Contact: Publications Sales, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond,
Surrey TW9 3AE, UK; Tel.
+44.181.3325000, Fax
+44.181.3325197
Ponting, C. 1991. A Green History of
the World: The Environment and the
Collapse of Great Civilizations.
Penguin Books, New York. A concise
book on the cultural development and
migration of people on a global
scale, with a focus on their negative
impact on the environment. Ponting
provides an intriguing view of the
fall of various civilizations, linked
to ecological catastrophes.
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Booksellers
The
Natural History Book Service (NHBS)
is an international mailorder service
for scientists, naturalists and
environmentalists around the world.
Two catalogues are produced a year
covering over 10,000 books.
Monographs, gray literature and other
information materials are included,
from the fields of botany,
conservation, ecology, earth
sciences, fishing, forestry, marine
and freshwater biology, palaeontology
and zoology.
Full
details of all titles are also
available at the NHBS World Wide Web
site, which allows free access to the
Booknet database. Orders for books
can be made by mail, fax, telephone
or e-mail.
Contact:
Natural History Book Service Ltd.,
2-3
Wills Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN,
UK; Tel.
+44.1803.865913, Fax
+44.1803.865280, e-mail
nhbs@nhbs.co.uk,
Web
site http://www.nhbs.co.uk
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.More
Newsletters
- The
Indigenous Plant Use Newsletter
is published quarterly by the
Institute of Natural Resources of
South Africa. It includes
articles on indigenous plant use
activities and international news
of relevance to southern Africa.
The newsletter also reports on
the activities of the South
African Indigenous Plant Use
Forum (see page 16). Details of
new books, forthcoming
conferences and workshops are
also provided.
Contact:
Jenny Mander, Institute of
Natural Resources, Private Bag
X01, Scottsville,
Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South
Africa; Tel.
+27.331.460796, Fax
+27.331.460895, e-mail mandej@inr.unp.ac.za
- The
bulletin Funbotánica (Fundación
Ecuatoriana para la
Investigación y el Desarrollo de
la Botánica) keeps botanists in
touch with developments and
activities within Ecuador. Each
issue contains news from
organizations and networks, and
notices of recent and forthcoming
events. As well as short
articles, the bulletin includes a
directory of scientists around
the world who are researching the
botany of Ecuador.
Contact:
Katya Romoleroux,
Funbotánica, A.P.
17-12-580, Quito, Ecuador; Fax
+593.2.509573, e-mail funbotan@puce.edu.ec
- Canopy
International is a bimonthly
publication which seeks to
promote efficient use of natural
resources and effective
environmental management. It is
published by the Ecosystems
Research and Development Bureau
(ERDB) of the Philippines’
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources. The newsletter
reports on new research findings,
legislation, events and
publications.
Contact:
Canopy International, Ecosystems
Research and Development Bureau,
College, 4031 Laguna,
Philippines.
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Publishers
- Editions
Karthala publish a number of
works in French on developing
countries including Gens du Sud
(People of the South), a series
of essays on specific aspects of
the societies of the South;
Hommes et Sociétés (People and
Societies), a series of books on
human and social sciences; and
the series Economie et
Développement (Economy and
Development), a collection of
essays, studies and manuals on
agriculture, medicine, nutrition
and health, which often include
information on plant resources
and medicinal plants.
Contact:
Karthala, 22-24 boulevard Arago,
75013 Paris, France; Tel.
+33.1.43311559, Fax
+33.1.45352705
- Island
Press is a non-profit
organization which publishes,
markets and distributes books on
the conservation of natural
resources. Founded in 1978, it
publishes and distributes under
its own imprint, working with
other non-profit organizations.
Sustainable Harvest and Marketing
of Rain Forest Products, edited
by Mark Plotkin and Lisa Famolare
and published jointly with
Conservation International, is
just one of their titles relevant
to our field.
Contact:
Island Press, Suite 300, 1718
Connecticut Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009, USA; Fax
+1.202.2341328
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More Journals
- Ambio:
a journal of the human
environment has been published
since 1972 by the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences. This
international journal is produced
eight times a year. Its aim is to
report and analyze developments
in environmental research, policy
and related activities.
Contact:
AMBIO, Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences, Box 50005, S-104 05
Stockholm, Sweden; Tel.
+46.8.6739500 or 673154744, Fax
+46.8.673166251
.
- Biodiversity
and Conservation is a bimonthly
international journal, published
by Chapman & Hall, UK. It
presents papers dealing with the
description, analysis and
conservation of biodiversity, and
economic, social, political and
practical management
issues.
Contact:
Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary
Row, London SE1 8HN, UK; Tel.
+44.171.8650066, Fax
+44.171.52299623, e-mail chsub@itps.co.uk.
- Conservation
Biology, the journal of the
Society for Conservation Biology
(see page 8), comes out six times
a year. Each issue includes
research papers and essays on
conservation and natural resource
issues, as well as book reviews,
letters to the editor and a
section on international
conservation news.
Contact: Journals Subscription
Department, Blackwell Science
Inc., 238 Main Street, Cambridge,
MA 02142, USA; Tel.
+1.617.8767000
.
- Journal
d‘Agriculture Traditionelle
et de Botanique Appliquée: Revue
d‘Ethnobiologie is produced
by the Museum National
d’Histoire Naturelle, of
Paris. This multidisciplinary
journal presents articles,
opinion pieces and reviews on
subjects covering the
relationships between human
societies and their natural
environment.
Contact:
Yves Monnier, JATBA, Laboratoire
d‘Ethnobiologie-Biogeographie,
Museum National d‘Histoire
Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231
Paris, France; Tel.
+33.1.40793428, Fax
+33.1.40793669, e-mail dutot@cimrs1.mnhn.fr
- Advances
in Economic Botany, published by
the New York Botanical Garden, is
an international forum for the
publication of monograph-length
research papers, collections of
papers and symposia dealing with
the uses and management of
plants. The series, initiated in
1984, produces titles at
irregular intervals. There are
nine publications to date,
including: Non-timber products
from Tropical Forests; New
Directions in the Study of Plants
and Peoples; Resource Management
in Amazonia; thnobotany of the
Chácobo Indians; and Ethnobotany
in the Neotropics.
Contact:
Scientific Publications
Department, The New York
Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
10458-5126, USA; Tel.
+1.212.2208721, Fax
+1.212.2206504
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