Here is a collection of photos from the Gora mountains (Kukes District) in NE Albania, taken during fieldwork with Albanian and Gorani communities in May 2012. All Photos: Copyright © Cassandra L. Quave.
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Load More...This is just the coolest plant! I'm planning a trip this summer to collect more leaf tissues for our ongoing #antibioticresistance research using compounds from beautyberry 💚
A Clerodane Diterpene from Callicarpa americana Resensitizes Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactam Antibiotics @QuaveEthnobot @PlantChemistry https://t.co/KhRoDI4N7X
Over 30% of the world's 7400 languages are expected to be lost by 2100. “If these languages disappear, we’ll lose this index to the forest library,” says study co-author @R_CamaraLeret. My latest for @PopSci.
When indigenous languages die, so does medicinal knowledge | Popular Science
Over 75 percent of unique botanical knowledge in some of the most biodiverse areas in the world are exclusive to one language.
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Yay!! So glad that you're enjoying @FoodiePharma #podcast episodes! I have so much fun recording them - a great excuse to meet all of my botany/foodie idols!
Listening to @QuaveEthnobot interview botanical rockstars on her podcast while transcribing rust fungi labels really makes the day go by fast! https://t.co/6uCYDplNmv
Fascinating work on the importance of indigenous languages as a reservoir of medicinal plant knowledge 🌿
New paper in @PNASNews with Jordi Bascompte where we show that each Indigenous language is a unique reservoir of medicinal knowledge— a Rosetta Stone for unravelling and conserving nature's contributions to people. @UZH_Science https://t.co/Cqfv64agJd Thread 👇(1 /13)
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Early reviews & praise for THE PLANT HUNTER are in! I'm so incredibly honored by these! Thank you so much to @VSJohnsonNYC @DocMarkPlotkin @marynmck for your thoughtful perspectives on the book 😍
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