People and Plants Handbook

The People and Plants Handbook was begun in January 1996 to provide a handy source of information on ethnobotany, conservation and development, and to enable ethnobotanists and others in developing

Some of the contacts given, especially in earlier issues, may be out-of-date – they are not updated on this website. See Ethnobotany Links for regularly updated bibliographies and information on organizations.

With the latest Handbook (Issue 8), the function of the Handbook has changed, from a thematic to a wise-practices focus, reflecting news of People and Plants activities. Earlier issues are no longer available in printed form, but most can be accessed on this website, in either html or pdf format.

• Issue 1 - Keeping in touch: journals, networks, newsletters, organizations and professional societies. Gary J. Martin and Alison L. Hoare, editors, January 1996.
• Issue 2 - Protecting rights: legal and ethical implications of ethnobiology. Gary J. Martin, Alison L. Hoare and Darrell A. Posey, editors, July 1996.
• Issue 3 - Returning results: community and environmental education. Gary J. Martin and Alison L. Hoare, editors, March 1997.
• Issue 4 - Measuring diversity: methods of assessing biological resources and local knowledge. Gary J. Martin, Alison L. Hoare and Agnes Lee Agama, editors, December 1998.
• Issue 5 - Cultivating the forest: development of agroforestry systems. Gary J. Martin, Agnes Lee Agama and Roger Leakey, editors, 1999.
• Issue 6 - Managing Resources: community-based conservation. Gary J. Martin, Agnes Lee Agama and Anthony B. Cunningham, editors, May 2001.
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• Issue 7 Growing Diversity: people and plant genetic resources. Gary J. Martin, Sasha Barrow and Pablo Eyzaguirre, editors, September, 2001.
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• Issue 8 News from People and Plants. Martin Walters, editor, August 2002.
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