Contributed by Gisella Cruz Garcia, 2010-2012 European Regional Representative The ISE Student/Recent Graduate Prize successfully took place this year during the 2012 ISE Congress held in Montpellier. This Prize is important for recognizing outstanding research activities conducted by students and, at the same time, inspiring the growing international community of emerging ethnobiologists. The jury was composed of renowned senior and local...
Contributed by Mary Stockdale and Miguel Alexiades, Darrell Posey Fellowship Program Co-Chairs In May 2012, Miguel Alexiades was appointed by the ISE Board to replace Sarah Laird as a Co-Chair of the ISE Darrell Posey Fellowship Program. This followed the 2011 appointment of Mary Stockdale to serve as a Co-Chair with Sarah Laird. Sarah will continue to be involved in the fellowship as a member of the Selection Committee and to assist, as needed,...
Contributed by Krystyna Swiderska, Co-Director of the ISE Global Coalition The Global Coalition, in conjunction with the Ethics Committee, works closely with other non-profit organizations and academic and professional societies on policy and advocacy, including implementation and adoption of the ISE Code of Ethics. During the 2012 ISE Congress, a full-day workshop in the ISE Indigenous Forum was organized by the Global Coalition with the...
contributed by: Edmond Dounias, Congress Organizer Side-Congress Meeting: Biocultural Collections 10th Annual Meeting The 10th Annual Meeting of Biocultural Collections was held at the Botanic Institute of Montpellier on May 24, 2012, and was open to all Ethnobiologists. There was a short introduction to the organization and a review of activities over the last year: both Missouri Botanical Garden and Kew Royal Botanic Gardens have hosted...
Across Landscapes in a Changing World: Ancient and Present Pathways Contributed by Edmond Dounias, Congress Coordinator Bioversity International and the Research Group Mosaïque (Agrodiversity, agroecosystems and environment, domestication and innovations) of CNRS jointly organized this one-day workshop (May 19, 2012). The objective was to discuss the scope of working at the landscape level to understand crop domestication and diversification,...
