From greaves@bucknell.edu Wed Mar 13 15:22:18 1996 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA24528; Wed, 13 Mar 96 15:22:17 -0800 Received: from coral.bucknell.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.03/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA23247; Wed, 13 Mar 96 15:22:16 -0800 Received: from greaves.bucknell.edu by coral.bucknell.edu; (5.65v3.0/1.1.8.2/29Aug94-0956AM) id AA27332; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 18:22:12 -0500 Message-Id: <9603132322.AA27332@coral.bucknell.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 18:22:13 -0500 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: greaves@bucknell.edu (TOM) X-Sender: greaves@mail.bucknell.edu Subject: Nominations, Schultes Award I wanted to pass on to INDKNOW members the following award notice. Of particular note is the eligibility of whole indigenous societies (see 4th paragraph, below). Given our long association and partnership with traditional groups, the opportunity to help recognize their many pioneering efforts to conserve and protect indigenous botanical knowledge is all too rare. Tom Greaves Bucknell University Call for Nominations, Richard Evans Schultes Award To increase the visibility of the contributions of ethnobiology, and to foster and give due recognition to those who further the field, the Healing Forest Conservancy presents an annual award to a scientist, practitioner, or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to ethnobotany or to indigenous peoples' issues related to ethnobotany. The award honors the name of Richard Evans Shultes, widely recognized as one of the most distinguished figures in the field. The International Nominating Committee for the award is chaired by Michael J. Balick, Director of The New York Botanical Garden's Institute of Economic Botany. The three previous winners of the Schultes award are the late Calvin R. Sperling, Hernando Garcia Barriga, and Janis B. Alcorn. The award features a $5,000 cash prize donated by Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and the Leland Fikes Foundation, Inc. The Healing Forest Conservancy, which sponsors the Schultes Award, was founded by Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a natural products company in South San Francisco, California, focused on the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals through ethnobotany. The Conservancy, a non-profit foundation, is dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests, particularly medicinal plants and their sustainable use for human health. The focus of the Conservancy is to deliver compensation programs that strengthen the integrity of traditional societies that have participated in Shaman's drug discovery process. The Richard Evans Schultes Award seeks a balance in geographic location, gender and field of study for the recipients. Nominations of indigenous people active in this area are especially welcome. Submit nominations for the 1966 award, along with a statement of the candidate's qualifications or the society's achievements, by May 1st, 1996, to the address below. The Schultes Award will be presented at the joint meeting of the Society for Economic Botany and the International Society for Ethnopharmacology, in London, July 1-6, 1966. Additional information can be obtained from: Katy Moran, Executive Director The Healing Forest Conservancy 3521 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 Phone or Fax: 202-333-3438 .