A useful review article in the Journal of Ethnobiology, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011

In this volume, F. S. Wyndham, D, Lepofsky and S. Tiffany have written an article reviewing the history of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB), the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) and the Society of Ethnobiology (SoE), and ethnobiology-related societies worldwide.

"Taking stock in ethnobiology: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?"

The authors see the ISE, SEB, and SoE as having support roles for local, national and regional groups involved in the ethnobiological sciences. In a table, they present a timeline of establishment of ethnobiological societies worldwide since the 1950s. Outside of North America and Europe, they note the following (see below).

Can members of our group tell us about the publishing activities of any of these groups, or others that are not listed here? (Please reply to this message).

Africa:

The Natrual Products Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA), est. 1994.

African Ethnobotanical Network (AEN). est. 1997.

Bolivia: Sociedad Boliviana de Etnobiologia, est. 2008.

Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Etnobiologia e Etnoecologia (SBEE), est. 1996.

China:

China Association of Ethnomedicine and Folk Medicine, est. 1981.

Chinese Society of Ethnomedicine and Ethnoharmacology, est. 1997.

Society of Ethnobotanists of China, est. 2002.

Columbia: Sociedad Colombiana de Etnobiologia, est. 2000.

India: Society of Ethnobotanists (SEBS) est. 1980.

Italy: Sociedade Italo-Latino-Americana de Ethnomedicina (SILAE), est. 1991.

Japan:

Minzokushizenshi Kenkyukai (Society for Ethno-Natural History), est. 1995.

Ikimono Bunkashi Gakkai (The Society of Biosophia Studies), est. 2003.

Kenya: Kenya Ethnoecological Society (KES), est. 2000.

Latin America:

Grupo Etnobotanico Latinoamericano (GELA), est. 1986.

Grupo Interdisciplinario de Trabajo Etnobiologico (GITE)), est. 2008.

Sociedad Latinoamericana de Etnobiologia (SOLAE), est. 2008.

Mexico:

Asociacion Etnobiologica Mexicana, est. 1993.

Grupo Interdisciplinario para el Desarrollo de la Etnomicologia en Mexico (GIDEM), est. 1998.

Nepal:

Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), est. 1997.

Nepal Ethnobiological Society, est. 2005.

Pakistan: Pakistan Ethnobotanical Society (PES), est. 2002.

Peru: Foro Etnobiologia Peru, est. 2007.

Tanzania: Tanzanian Society of Ethnoscience, est. 2002.

Uganda: Uganda Group of the African Network of Ethnobotany/Ethnoecology (UGANEB), est. 1997.