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HerbalEGram: Volume 4, Number 12, December 2007
ACEER Foundation to create the Dr. James A. Duke Ethnobotanical Fund
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| In honor of renown ethnobotanist James A. Duke, PhD, the nonprofit
Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation
(ACEER) is creating a fund in his name to support its educational
programs. Dr. Duke is a founding board member of both ACEER and the
American Botanical Council and has made many contributions to the study
of economic botany and ethnobotany throughout his long professional
career. His guided tours through the rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon
and the Andean highlands (as well as Belize, Costa Rica, and parts of
Africa) have provided invaluable information and inspiration to
hundreds of attendees of the annual Pharmacy from the Rainforest
ecotours cosponsored by ACEER and ABC. The ACEER’s new Dr. James A. Duke Ethnobotanical Fund
will help fund the ethnobotanical educational programs, provide
research fellowships, and scholarships for international students
traveling to the Amazon or Andes for study. Persons interested in
supporting this program can contribute to this fund or find more
information by contacting ACEER or visiting its website at http://www.aceer.org/. |
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