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More Than a Decade of Research Yields New Guide to Palms of Belize
Posted in Plant Science
We have combined our interests in plant systematics and ethnobotany to produce a compact yet comprehensive treatment of the most visible and highly useful plant ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation
Field Biologists Have Been in Lockdown, but Deforestation Has Not
Posted in Environment & Conservation
Sometime in June, my alarm went off. After 40 years of botanical field trips at least twice a year to the moist tropics, my internal ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Plant Science
Amazonia Ablaze: A Record Year for Forest Fires in Brazil
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
A renowned landscape architect, Burle Marx was also a passionate, outspoken conservationist. His writings on environmental topics in Brazil—powerful when written a half-century ago—have a ... Read MoreHistory & People
The Amazing Feat of Jeanne Baret
Posted in History & People
Baret was born in France in 1740. Her working-class parents taught her to identify plants for their healing properties, and she became an expert “herb ... Read MoreSUBSCRIBE
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