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SUMMARY:Linguistic Diversity and Ethnobotanical Knowledge
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DESCRIPTION:Regions of the world with greatest biodiversity also tend to 
 be linguistically diverse\, and languages reflect the relationship betwe
 en their speakers and their natural environment. The panelists will disc
 uss their experiences in documenting ethnobotanical knowledge in the con
 text of documenting lesser described languages in various regions of the
  world – southern and eastern Arabia\, West Africa\, and Australia\, and
  the link between preservation of indigenous knowledge and the maintenan
 ce of linguistic diversity. Topics to be addressed include the symbiotic
  relationship between language and nature\, diverse approaches to plant 
 classification\, the importance of ethnopharmacological knowledge and tr
 aditional plant uses\, the role of indigenous knowledge in addressing cl
 imate change and the impact of the loss of linguistic diversity on our k
 nowledge of the natural world\, and challenges and solutions in ethnobot
 anical fieldwork.\n\nJanet Watson is a Professor in Arabic Linguistics a
 t the University of Leeds and a director of the Centre for Endangered La
 nguages\, Cultures and Ecosystems. Her research centres on the documenta
 tion and description of various Southern Arabian languages. In this cont
 ext\, she has led two recent multidisciplinary projects on language\, ec
 ology and biocultural diversity in Southern and Eastern Arabia.\n\nRajin
 dra Puri is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Anthropology at the Unive
 rsity of Kent. He is engaged in a long-term project of documenting the e
 thnobiological knowledge of the inhabitants of a rainforest valley in In
 donesian Borneo and their adaptations to climate variability and change\
 , and has also worked on similar topics on sites in northern Vietnam\, M
 orocco\, Namibia\, Malaysia\, the Iberian peninsula\, and the UK. He has
  also worked as an ethnobiology consultant on a Center for International
  Forestry Research (CIFOR) project.\n\nSerge Sagna is a Lecturer in Ling
 uistics at the University of Manchester. He is involved in the documenta
 tion and description of both adults' and children's language use in Gújj
 olaay Eegimaa\, an Atlantic language of southern Senegal. Taking an anth
 ropological perspective in his linguistic research has also led him to s
 tudying ethnobotanical classification and agricultural practices.\n\nEva
  Schultze-Berndt is a Professor in Linguistics at the University of Manc
 hester. Her research has involved the documentation and description\, in
 cluding aspects of ethnobiological knowledge\, of two indigenous languag
 es of northern Australia.\n\nThis panel discussion is co-hosted by CIDRA
 L and the Linguistic Diversity Collective.
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LOCATION:A113\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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