BotanyColleen Lindsay
2012 The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
A Ph.D. student from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will study the utilization of useful plants in "forest gardens" by the Classic Maya of Yalbac, Belize. The area has been abandoned since 900 AD, marking the end of the Classic Mayan Period. The researcher has been made aware of enormous differences in the amount of poison plants in unsettled areas and non-poison plants in the settled areas. It appears the Mayans created "forest gardens" of edible and medicinal plants. Study of their practices may contribute valuable understanding of sustainable living practices.
The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
To protect, preserve, and expand knowledge about the medicinal use of plants, thus preventing the disappearance of plants with therapeutic potential. Providing this research opportunity for botanists can, in turn, assist medical science to develop therapies that improve the quality of life of patients and develop life-saving medicines.
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