Subject: Call for Nominations for Schultes Award

From: Biodiversity Action Network <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 09:10:33 -0800 (PST)

From: Biodiversity Action Network <[email-masked]>
Subject: Call for Nominations for Schultes Award

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        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