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What is Ethnobotany?
Study of interactions between plants and people; how plants have shaped human culture
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Who is the father of ethnobotany?
John Harshberger
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How is wild rice (Zizania palustris) harvested?
Beat water reeds and the ripe seeds fall out
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What is a paleoethnobotanist/archaebotanist?
Someone who studies the use of plants in ancient cultures
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What is bioprospecting?
Movement to make drugs based on information from native peoples
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What is the controversy concerning the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharantus roseus)?
Eli Lilly Co. made bank while the Masagascar people made nothing
In fact, the people of Madgascar have to pay for the drugs made from the flower
In fact, the people of Madgascar have to pay for the drugs made from the flower
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What drugs are made from the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharantus roseus)
vincristine and vinblastine; potent anti-cancer drugs
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What is biopiracy?
the appropriation, or patent, of indigenous biomedical knowledge by foreign entities without compensatory payment.
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Exceptions to biopiracy
Callophyllum lanigerum, taken from Sarawak, Indonesia; it inhibits HIV; Indonesian people will receive compensation
Mamala Tree, native to Samoa, that acts against HIV as well; 50% profits will be shared
Mamala Tree, native to Samoa, that acts against HIV as well; 50% profits will be shared
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Two types of conservation
conservation in native habitat; "ex situ" conservation
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