Author: Liz Thompson

Reflections on My Experience at the ISE 2016 Congress, Kampala, Uganda Written by Daniel Salau Rogei The 2016 ISE congress’ theme, ‘Ethno biological knowledge for improved human well being and development’ was particularly relevant for Africa where the congress was held. The community’s indigenous knowledge, is and could be the key to address escalating poverty and deteriorating human well-being in Africa. This was variously demonstrated...

Reflections on the 2016 Congress in Kampala Written by Pepeyla (Verna) Miller Beautiful Lake Bunyoni near Kabale, Uganda, was the location of our Emerging Ethnobiologists Workshop and Retreat. The Entusi Retreat Center is a piece of paradise on one of the many islands that reside in Lake Bunyoni. The staff are, bar none, the best hosts I personally have ever encountered. Western countries could take lessons from these gentle people. We arrived,...

The 15th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE), Makerere University, Kampala, 1-7 August 2016 Written by Christine Kabuye The 15th Congress was spearheaded and organized from the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University. Makerere University had its partners, the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology and Buganda Kingdom in planning the...

Dear Colleagues, Here is a report of our workshop at the 14th Congress of the International Society on Ethnobiology in Bhutan: Sovereignty Workshop Report 2016. It is detailed and it: (1) provides an approach to designing a workshop on the subject, (2) a way of undertaking food sovereignty research, and a (3) means to contribute to communities. You can see that we have garnered an international team of practitioners and researchers. At the 15th...