The Open Science Network in Ethnobiology has, as its core, support for the scientific discipline of ethnobiology. We define that focus here and provide links for further investigation of this interesting -- and vital -- topic.
Ethnobiology Defined Web Link: Intellectual Imperatives in Ethnobiology (pdf) Jan Salick and a working group of ethnobiologists who attended the 2003 NSF Biocomplexity Workshop produced a report "Intellectual Imperatives in Ethnobiology." In this report they describe ethnobiology as the multidisciplinary, "scientific study of dynamic relationships among peoples, biota, and environments." Web Link: Kaua`i Declaration (pdf) A group of 44 ethnobiologists gathered in Kaua`i in January, 2007, as an "Ethnobotany Summit." Their deliberations resulted in a "Kaua`i Declaration." The final paragraph of this document is listed below. Ethnobotany can strengthen our links to the natural world. It is of central importance for understanding the collective experience of humankind in a series of exceedingly diverse environments and using those experiences to meet the challenges that we face. It makes it possible for us to learn from the past and from the diverse approaches to plants represented by the different human cultures that exist today. Ethnobotany is at once a vital key to preserving the diversity of plants as well as to understanding and interpreting the knowledge by which we are, and will be, enabled to deal with them effectively and sustainably throughout the world. Thus ethnobotany is the science of survival. | Professional Societies and Organizations Ethical Conduct Ethnobiologists adhere to a number of professional codes of ethics, depending upon their professional affiliations and disciplinary fields. American researchers who work with human subjects must undergo ethics training (for example, CITI) and each project is reviewed and monitored by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) (see American Anthropological Association link below). International Codes, Declarations and Statements Web Links:
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