Society for Ethnobotany

Don't miss this new paper in Ethnobotany and Economic Botany! Head to ethnobotany.org to read more about Diospyros mespiliformis in Burkina Faso 🍈

Calling all SEB Student Members! Today is the deadline to apply for the SEB Social Media Manager position. This is a great way to support your Society, network with student leadership, and hone your social media skills.

To learn more and to apply, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVKxoC96Qzl58LNn8r0PfJ4UkLhIM8PYkpaxv9qWk0gje_bQ/viewform?usp=header

This position is open for current SEB Student Members. To learn more about membership visit www.ethnobotany.org.

Calling SEB Students! We are looking for a Social Media Manager to help promote SEB and its publications. The position is fully remote, ~ 1 hour per week, and pays $750 per year. Apply by June 18, 2026!

Scan the QR codes in the graphic for the application and full job description, or send questions to [email protected].

You must be a current SEB Student Member to apply.

Have you had a chance to read this new paper on the relationship between humans and araucaria forests? If not, make sure to head to ethnobotany.org to read this and more!

Don't miss this new paper on the intersection of Indigenous language and Cacao diffusion in the latest issue of "Ethnobotany and Economic Botany"!

Members can log in at ethnobotany.org to read this and more 🎉

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Mary W. Klinger Book Award winner! 🌿📖

This year, we are proud to honor the book:
The Botanic Age: Planting the Seeds of Human Evolution by Dean Falk

Dean Falk is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. A leading evolutionary anthropologist, her research focuses on the evolution of the human brain and the emergence of cognitive abilities including language, music, and analytical thinking.

In The Botanic Age, she takes readers millions of years into the past to argue that botanical innovations, including weaving and woodworking, preceded the Stone Age and laid the neurological groundwork for human intelligence as we know it today.

Congratulations to Dean Falk on this well-deserved recognition!

To learn more about the award, visit https://ethnobotany.org/home/awards/mary-w-klinger-book-award.html

Over the course of the next month we'll be sharing highlights from the first official issue of "Ethnobotany and Economic Botany". Be sure to check out these exciting new papers, starting with "Understanding the Medicinal Orchid Trade in Central Nepal Through Harvest Monitoring" 💐

Log into your member account at ethnobotany.org to read more!

Our first issue under the new title: "Ethnobotany and Economic Botany" has been published!

Log into your account at ethnobotany.org to check out this exciting release, with topics from the medicinal Orchid trade in Nepal, to the conservation of Wild Olive in Ethiopia.

Names carry vision, identity, and direction. We’re proud to announce that the "Journal of Economic Botany" is now the "Journal of Ethnobotany and Economic Botany" — reflecting our evolving scope as well as the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of our work.

Read more about the name change in December's issue, and keep your eyes peeled for our first issue of "Ethnobotany and Economic Botany"!

Check out this paper on urban foraging in Indonesia in our last Special Issue of Economic Botany! Log in at ethnobotany.org to access this and so much more 🌿

From medicinal plants and ancient crops to colonial histories and recovered knowledge, brings together voices reshaping how we understand human-plant relationships today.

TINDE VAN ANDEL
Tinde van Andel joins SEB 2026 in Montpellier for a special lecture marking her recognition as the 2026 recipient of the Distinguished Ethnobotanist Award. A professor of Ethnobotany at Leiden University and senior researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, her work traces the movement of medicinal plants, crops, and knowledge systems between Suriname, the Caribbean, and West and Central Africa, while recovering histories obscured by colonialism.

3 June 2026, 18h
Auditorium, MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, La Panacée, Montpellier

To learn more about all of our keynote speakers, visit: https://ethnobotany.org/home/meetings/ethnobotany-2026/keynote-speakers.html