Botanical Research Institutes: Frontier Co-op Organic Farmer Training in Sri Lanka

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Frontier Co-op Organic Farmer Training in Sri Lanka

Come with Frontier Co-op sourcing expert, Kai Stark, to Sri Lanka to visit an organic farming training center founded through the Well Earth sourcing program

Source: Frontier Co-op

Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS

Located in the Heilongtan scenic spot of Kunming, capital of SW China’s Yunnan Province, the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB/CAS), is originally the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Botany which was founded in 1938, and was affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and renamed CAS Institute of Systematic Botany Kunming Station in 1950. KIB became independent in April 1959 with the approval of national science authority. It dedicates to explore the world of plants, especially from Southwest China and the Himalayas, for knowledge generation, sustainable use and conservation of plant diversity.

O PINEB - Programa de Pesquisas sobre Povos Indígenas do Nordeste Brasileiro - é um programa de pesquisas radicado no Departamento de Antropologia e Etnologia e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia-UFBA, tendo-se iniciado com trabalho de campo entre os Pataxó de Barra Velha (Mun. de Porto Seguro, BA), numa viagem de reconhecimento que congregou professores (de Antropologia e de História) e alunos de graduação em Ciências Sociais da Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. A equipe desembarcou de sua canoa, na praia fronteira ao Monte Pascoal, em 8 de dezembro de 1971, sob a orientação do professor Pedro Agostinho da Silva. Esta data é tomada como a do principiar do Programa.

Brazilian Journal of Botany

The Brazilian Journal of Botany is the official publication of the Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo - SBSP, whose goal is to publish original articles of scientific research in plant sciences in English. First published in 1978, held biannually until 1997. Since 1998, maintains the production of four issues per year volume this increasing its capacity to publish scientific articles, proposing to disclose an average of 10 articles per issue. In 2012 started to use as main name Brazilian Journal of Botany with articles exclusively in English. Associates of the Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo to date with their contributions, members of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Board receive a free copy of each issue during their tenure. Its abbreviated title is Braz. J. Bot., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.

Missouri Botanical Garden

"To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life." – Missouri Botanical Garden mission Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. The Garden offers 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, and one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids. For over 154 years, the Garden has been an oasis in the city, a place of beauty and family fun—and also a center for education, science, and conservation.

The Unseen Garden

RESEARCH AT THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN - Each year, more than 750,000 visitors come to the Missouri Botanical Garden to delight in the serene beauty of the grounds and enjoy special events from a wide array of countries and cultures. The Garden seeks to engage its visitors on a profound level - "to preserve and enrich life" by illuminating the importance of plants to the balance of life on Earth. While most visitors discover a heightened appreciation and understanding of the world's rich botanical heritage, few realize that beyond the floral panoramas and exhibits there exists another realm; our internationally renowned research enterprise. This is the "Unseen Garden."