WELCOME to Ethnobotanical Leaflets. New in the Policy Cornerof this issue is an interview with Meredith Lane entitled, "Teaming with Life." Dr. Lane was involved in production of the Report by the Panel on Biodiversity of Ecosystems of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The proposals in the Report are being presented for consideration starting with this year's federal budgets for NSF, NASA, EPA and other executive branch institutions. The interview focuses on points of interest to all biologists and to economic and ethnobotanists in particular. Dr. Peter Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden was chair of the committee which produced the report. Also in this issue you'll find a number of new subject areas worth exploring, including recent contributions to our Web Journal. Under this heading will be found various short articles and research notes of general interest to our readers. Please check the link, Ethnobotanical Leaflets Starch Research Page for further news. As always, contributions from our readers are welcome.
Chicle (Manilkara zapota), by Scott Herron
Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum), by Travis A. Clark
The Use of the Genus Virola as a Hallucinogen in South America, by Terry R. Miller
The Irish Potato Famine Fungus, Phytophthora infestans, by Alice M. DeJarnett
Trends in Econ. Botany: The Rising Use of Herbal Supplements, by Paige A. Mettler
Strychnine, by George C. Johnson
Heaven's Delight--Vanilla, by Luís M. Mendoza de Carvalho
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Shaman's Apprentice by Lynne Cherry and Mark J. Plotkin
Medicinal Plants of the Heartland by Connie Kaye and Neil Billington
Potions, Poisons, and Panaceas by David Brussell
Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants by P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane
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Agriboard, Use of Non-timber Cellulose for Construction
The Inclusive Herbarium by Edgar Anderson
How to Define a Species?
Rain Forest Medicines, an interview with Mark Plotkin Archaeological Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes in Peru, by D. Ugent & L.W. Peterson
Herbals of the Vatican Library The Art of Emil Huston on Internet Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen New photos by Carlos Ochoa 
Society for Economic Botany: Home Page & News of Annual Meeting New Crops & New Uses 4th European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology, Metz, France
Job Listings from the Chronicle of Higher Education Careers in Ethnobiology and Conservation by M.J. Plotkin An Introduction to Ethnobotany by C. Veilleux and S.R. King Graduate Programs in Ethnobotany
Undergraduate Studies in Ethnobotany
"Teaming with Life" An Interview with Meredith Lane by M. Kritzer Van Zant
Economic Botany and Restoration Ecology by D.F. Austin & M. Kritzer Van Zant
Editorial Policy
Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) NYBG Society for Economic Botany Home Page The Gatherer: Plant Use Multiple Database Search Engine Editor's Page, Society for Economic Botany People and Plants Online Seed Savers Exchange Cyberbotanica: Plants and Cancer Treatments Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops New Crop Resource Online Program WWW Ethnobotany Resource Directory Internet Directory for Botanical Illustrations Kew's list of over 200 Web sites of interest to economic botanists Economic Botany Web Pages, from the Internet Directory for Botany Ethnobotany Database, U.S. National Agricultural Library Native American Food Plants, U.S. National Agricultural Library Medicinal Plants of Native Americans, U.S. National Agricultural Library Phytochemicals, U.S. National Agricultural Library
Plants and Society (Plb 117) Don Ugent's Home Page Southern Illinois University Herbarium Protocells: The Origin of Life Tropical Dinoflagellates
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