ethnobotany, archaeobotany, crops and sustainability / Economic Botany, RBG Kew ~ all views my own
London, England
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Philippa Ryan retweeted
Where indigenous land rights prevail, so does nature.
With @UN4Indigenous 24th session #UNPFII2025 underway, the Indigenous Peoples and ethnic communities in the North East India region show what is possible when indigenous peoples’ rights are respected: ow.ly/lP7s50VGzN7
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Under centuries-old rice fields in central Japan’s Ichijo Valley, archaeologists have rediscovered Ichijodani, a formidable city that flourished from 1471 to 1573, when the Asakura clan ruled the province of Echizen amid medieval Japan’s power struggles.
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Philippa Ryan retweeted
Check our new interview for @archaeologymag on our work on🍉 domestication!
1/6000 yrs ago, wmelons were pale, bitter & possibly even toxic. In 2022 our team seq'd aDNA from Citrullus seeds found in Neolithic burials in Libya & Sudan some as🧓🏼as 6000 yrs!
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Biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity worldwide. Sir David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now:
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Why biodiversity matters in agriculture and food systems
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Congratulations to Professor Felix Driver - the impetus at the heart of Plant Humanities UK! Amazing achievement, totally deserved!
Felix Driver @RoyalHolloway is #THEAwards Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year. The judges praised Professor Driver’s dedication to his PhD students (prize accepted on his behalf by a colleague). Highly commended to Angela Creese @StirUni 👏
Philippa Ryan retweeted
Have we, do we, underestimated species richness/diversity? A ‘taxonomic tale of two islands’ suggest maybe (note: *suggests*). Let’s start with Singapore then look at New Guinea. A short thread 🧵 #biodiversity
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Interested in Geoarchaeology, archaeobotany and isotopes? Come do a PhD on Norse expansion of agriculture into the North Atlantic during the Medieval Warm Period!
PhD studentship Northern Farming: Sustainable Practice Through Time
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CFP: #EAST #ASIA & #ECONOMIC #BOTANY, 1800-1950, in-person symposium @KewGardens in collaboration with @RoyalHolloway @RHULHistory, 9-10 June 2025. Abstracts to [email protected] & [email protected] by 30/12/2024 @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @KewScience @bacs_china @BPCS_China
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After months, I can finally say it’s really happening! 🔥
Today is my first day as an FLF @KewScience with @flip_ryan and @CasparChater! I can’t wait to start working on my new project on fonio and finger millet! 🌱🌱🌱🌱
Philippa Ryan retweeted
Counting down the days to the #AFSForum2024! Join us in Kigali 🇷🇼 from September 2 to 6, as we explore strategies to #InnovateAccelerateScale food systems transformation across #Africa 🌍
@TheAGRF @RwandaAgri @AGRA_Africa
🔎 Discover all our sessions: alliancebioversityciat.org/e…
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Government staff can develop systems that organize how biodiversity information is produced and made available for effective decision-making with UNEP-WCMC’s latest suite of information systems guide and tools: eu1.hubs.ly/H0bgfjB0 🛠️🌐🌿
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FREE KENYAN FARMERS! ✊
Africa can feed itself.
Let's rally together to abolish seed law punishing farmers senselessly. Add your voice 👉 bit.ly/45NyBI9
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Please share this pod. Its very important. Lots of people are scared to start a pension, or want to consolidate but don't know if its right. This takes you through it all (and do listen yourself ;) )
NEW 'Not The Martin Lewis Podcast' on PENSION SAVING NEED-KNOWS incl
-How to start
-Should you consolidate
-How to get free 1-on-1 help
-Stakeholder v Nest v SIPPS
-Is it ever too late
& more. Do listen...
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Earth System Tipping Points: A Governance Research Afgenda @ManjanaM @ESG_Journal sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The Botanic Gardens Congress programme is now online, please have a look at what's on! Happy to answer any queries. @nparksbuzz @bgci #SBGScience
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Check out this amazing new article published by my fellow The Explorers Club colleague and friend Dr. Alicia Colson and colleagues in the anthropology magazine "Sapiens" !
Link:
sapiens.org/culture/on-the-t…
#INPST @colson_alicia @ExplorersClub #EC50
Philippa Ryan retweeted
🌍🌿 Key Messages from WBF2024:
1. Need for mainstreaming of knowledge
2. Recognition of the role of indigenous people
3. Collaborations key to initiating change
4. Need for evidence-based aligned policy
5. Addressing consumption and production
6. Addressing societal drivers
Philippa Ryan retweeted
You never get tired of talking about phytoliths and agriculture! 🌿
If you missed our workshop on phytoliths, plant physiology, environment and archaeology, you can listen to the recording on the UPF YouTube channel at this link 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=QAy1Dqe_…
