Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Cami McQueenBotanyUndergraduate Student,Victor Garcia BalderasBotanyUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Our project focuses on the importance of ethnobotany with an emphasis on restoration and medicinal plant properties. Ethnobotanical studies fixated on traditional ecological knowledge have long been disregarded by western science; however, this information is crucial for the restoration of the environment, advancement of medicines, and cultural revival of the Native people. Due to colonization and westernization, the continuation of knowledge throughout generations along with the vast ecosystems that once thrived has depleted. Conversely, through the expansion and shared education on plants and restoration processes long known by Natives, the gap between western science and TEK will degrade.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

Node ID

780

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