From the Monte to the Kitchen
Antonia Barreau, an ethnobotanist and a wild food gatherer, describes 'From the Monte to the Kitchen', a project that will explore and highlight the value the cultural and natural heritage present in the Mapuche and peasant cuisine of the temperate forest landscapes of Chile.
You can do something to protect (indigenous) communities against biopiracy
Nickson Otieno (Kenya, GESA 2011 alumnus) sends a plea to help communities publish their knowledge (be it traditional medicine, art, dance move, music, mode of dress, culinary recipe, name it) to safeguard against unfair patenting.