In Luang Prabang, the team began using the new workspace and loved the roomy 8-person workstations, collection storeroom, and shaded outdoor...
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Happy Holidays From MMAP!
Merry Christmas and Happy 2025 from our team in Luang Prabang working on MMAP and other exciting projects!
Read moreStaff Special: Dr. Varangrat Nguanchoo
Dr. Varangrat Nguanchoo is the Year of Botany’s ethnobotanist who helped identify, preserve, and translate information for the specimens...
Read moreUn-be-leaf-able: The Plant Specimens of YOB
The process of unwrapping and mounting herbal samples for transport to the herbarium The Year of Botany Project would not be such without the many...
Read moreSeeds of Decolonization: Why the Year of Botany Matters
Closeup of specimen still on original newspaper pressing. Recently, our partner institution, the Academy of Natural Sciences, ran a featured blog...
Read moreThe Basket Case: YOB’s Ethnographic Collection Publicity
The Year of Botany Project is not only about collecting plants, but also about understanding the lives of the people who lived with and used the...
Read moreSeedy Work: Methods of Archaeobotany
Dr. Prachaya Srisanga from the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden in Thailand examines a specimen collected by Dr. Joyce White more than 40 years ago...
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