Global Vision on Indigenous Plants and Economic Botany

Global Vision on Indigenous Plants and Economic Botany

Joint Society Conference
Society for Economic Botany and Indigenous Plant Use Forum
June 29th - July 2nd, 2015
Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Welcome to Conference Registration

We are excited to announce the first joint meeting of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) and 18th annual Indigenous Plant Use Forum (IPUF)! This SEB 56th annual conference and IPUF 18th conference will be held in beautiful Clanwilliam, South Africa. Clanwilliam is located in the Western Cape at the foot of the majestic Cederberg Mountains, about 230 km from Cape Town. It is the center of the Rooibos tea industry in Cederberg. One of many exciting features of this year’s meeting is that all conference attendees will have the opportunity to visit a rooibos farm and factory to learn about cultivation and processing of this important local species during our mid-week field trip! 

Theme
The main theme of the conference is “Global Vision on Indigenous Plants and Economic Botany”. Conference activities will include the presentation of oral papers, clustered by thematic focus, dynamic poster sessions (following an engaging 1 minute-1 slide format poster introductions to the audience), workshops, and hot topic panel discussions. The symposia themes will include:

• Ethnobotany
• Ethnoveterinary studies
• Cultivation and propagation for sustainability
• Commercialization successes (rooibos, etc. -from lab shelf to shop shelf)
• Ethno-pharmacology and biological activity testing
• Conservation and sustainability
• Plant use in arts and crafts
• Quality control in plant product use
• Future use of indigenous plants for economic botany