Film Ina Vandebroek

In the News: Dr. Ina Vandebroek Talks about Immigrants, Medicinal Plants, and Health Care – Science Talk

En Tu Comunidad is a public affairs program on the Spanish-language network Unimas that serves the New York City metropolitan area. The show is hosted by Enrique Teuteló. Enrique invited me on the show to talk about my research in ethnomedicine—specifically, the use of medicinal plants in Latino and Caribbean communities in New York City, especially within the community from the Dominican Republic—and how this […]

Plants at the Heart of Culture: Caribbean Immigrants in New York City

A Conversation with Garden Scientist Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D. Back home in the Dominican Republic, plants are culturally important for many different uses, including as medicines. Of about 5,500 seed plants documented on the island of Hispaniola that consists of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, more than 1,000 are used as medicines. Dr. Vandebroek, the Garden’s […]

INA VANDEBROEK: A DOMINICAN TEA FOR COLD WINTER EVENINGS – SCIENCE TALK

Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D., is an ethnomedical research specialist at The New York Botanical Garden‘s Institute of Economic Botany. One of her research projects is studying the medicinal use of plants among New York City’s Dominican community. People often ask me if I try the home remedies that I document in my research as an ethnobotanist. My […]

EVIDENCE OF THE SHIFTING BASELINE SYNDROME IN ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH – INA VANDEBROEK

Natalia Hanazaki, Dannieli Firme Herbst, Mel Simionato Marques and Ina Vandebroek Corresponding author: Natalia Hanazaki 1 Laboratory of Human Ecology and Ethnobotany, Ecology and Zoology Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, ECZ-CCB-UFSC, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil 2 Post Graduation Program in Ecology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil 3 Post Graduation Program in Plant […]

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GRANT FOR INA VANDEBROEK

Ina Vandebroek received a grant from National Geographic for her project “Comparative exploration of plants and local knowledge in Portland Parish, Jamaica”.

CALL TO MAINSTREAM ETHNOBOTANY INTO DEVELOPMENT – ARTICLE BY JAN PIOTROWSKI

Efforts to protect plant species important for nutrition, medicine and cultural heritage are being hampered by the failure of ethnobotanists — scientists who study the relationship between people and plants — to connect with policymakers and the wider development community, warn experts. A new global programme is needed to mainstream ethnobotany into development and to […]

FILM INA VANDEBROECK: HEALTHCARE WORKSHOPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN BOLIVIA

You can watch the film about the healthcare workshops with indigenous communities in Bolivia here: http://youtu.be/d1tr96vnPwo http://youtu.be/mbIacEL_OK4 These movies were screened during ‘Woodward Avenue’.

FILM INA VANDEBROECK: ETHNOBOTANY AND CONSERVATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Dominican Republic has a rich cultural heritage of plants for healthcare and biodiversity conservation. This video interview took place in Monte Plata in the Parque de la Biodiversidad and was part of the development of ethnobotanical trails for ecotourism in response to a request by the Dominican government. The video shows Mr. Pablo Mena […]