The ISE’s Darrell Posey Fellowship Program has launched a six-week Indiegogo Campaign to fund the next round of Field and Student Fellows (PhD and Masters), as well as a Small Grant - and we have a brand new website to go with it! We are calling upon you to help us support our own champions - whether community leaders, activist scholars, and/or lifelong advocates of indigenous, human or environmental rights - in their often...
“Belém+30”: 16th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology XII Brazilian Symposium of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology Belém do Pará, Brazil August 7-10, 2018 The International Society of Ethnobiology is proud to announce that the 16th ISE Congress will be returning to the city of Belém, Brazil for the first time since the original International Congress of Ethnobiology in 1988. The event will consist of a joint symposium with...
The ISE’s vision is a world rich in biocultural diversity, in which all knowledge holders are equally respected. Our mission is to increase understanding of relationships between human societies and the natural world in order to support and promote biological, cultural and linguistic diversity and to support the vital role of indigenous, local and traditional peoples in protecting their ecosystems and knowledge base. The ISE has accomplished a...
Dear ISE members, In order to share the experiences of the 2016 Congress with members who were not able to attend, we have put together a small online-only newsletter. It includes an announcement from the incoming ISE President, Verna Miller, on the current state of the Society; a report from the Congress organizers; a submission of reflections from Congress attendees and an announcement of the 2018 Congress. A Letter from the President Current...
The Call for Nominations to the ISE Board for the 2016-18 term was released April 1. No qualifying nominations were received for the following Board positions: President-elect/Vice President Treasurer (4-year term) Regional Representative: Africa Regional Representative: North America Regional Representative: Europe Per Article 9.8.2 in the ISE Constitution, the Call for Nominations is now closed and will be re-opened on the floor of the first...
