Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

Societal Impact Statement Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through...

Ethnobotanical knowledge of plants used for handicrafts and household practices in Yasothon Province, Thailand

Plants used for handicraft and household (HH) purposes play an important role in supporting rural livelihoods, material culture, and traditional ecological knowledge in northeastern Thailand. However, ethnobotanical information on the diversity, utilization patterns, and cultural...