Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Southwest China

University of Wisconsin-Madison NSF IGERT China Program

Selena Ahmed

sahmed@nybg.org


Research interests

    Ethno-ecology, food and medicinal plants, agro-forestry systems, community health and livelihoods, trade and markets.

Skills

  • Ethnobotanical field methods (interviews, ecological sampling, plant inventories, mapping);
  • Genetic profiling of plant resources (morphological, phytochemical and molecular);
  • Participatory rural appraisal and economic analysis

Program

    Biology at the City University of New York / Institute of Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden

Advisor

    Charles Peters, New York Botanical Garden

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