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Northwest
Ethnobotany Conservation Program |
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The goal of this program is to bring ethnobotanical understanding and
tools into environmental and conservation management in the Pacific
Northwest. Through research and on‐the‐ground activities IFCAE is
working on a number of ethnobotanical initiatives. For example, we
worked with the West Eugene Wetland Partnership to create opportunities
for regional Native American Indian tribes to help with the
identification, restoration, and use of traditionally managed/culturally
important species at the wetlands. We have worked with nontimber forest
product subsistence, commercial and recreational harvesters for over 15
years to understand and protect their knowledge and stewardship systems.
As a part of IFCAE's new Urban Ecology program we will be looking at
urban foraging systems both new and historical. The links below take you to a number of currently active projects das well as previous projects that provide the foundation for the program. Please take a look, we welcome your feedback! |
ACTIVE PROJECTS
Portland Ethnobotany Project
(hosted at Global Giving website)
Urban Foraging
Wild Forest Goods
NTFP Information Exchange
PAST PROJECTS
West Eugene Wetlands Ethnobotany Resource Area
Project
NTFP Development and Technical Assistance
in the Middlefork Willamette Watershed
International Nontimber Forest Product Manual
(includes northwest case study)
Informal-Formal Economy Interface
(includes northwest case study)
Controlling the Understory
(article for special issue of Economic Botany)
U.S. NTFP Management and Biodiversity
Conservation (includes northwest case study)
Access, Labor, and Wild Floral Greens Management in
Western Washington's Forests
Survey of State and Federal NTFP
Regulations
Nontimber Forest Products in the United
States (book with multiple northwest chapters)