People and Plants Handbook
Issue 4 - December 1998
Measuring Diversity - Methods of Assessing Biological Resources and Local Knowledge
Editors : Gary J. Martin, Alison L. Hoare and Agnes Lee Agama.

Editorial

• Editorial
• Speaking of jargon
• Handbook description
• Leaves of papers: letters to the editor

International Programs

• Conservation Breeding Specialist Group
• The Nature Conservancy
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Pro-Natura International
• Tropenbos Foundation
• Plant Resources of South East Asia

Resource centers

• Iwokrama International Centre
• CAB International
• Center for Tropical Forest Science
• Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
• Centre for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture
• East-West Center
• Caribbean Natural Resources Institute
• African Wildlife Foundation
• Jatun Sacha Foundation

Networks

• International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
• Biodiversity Foundation for Africa
• Solomon Islands Development Trust

NGOs

• PELUM Association
• The Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples
• Organization for Tropical Studies

Viewpoints to consider ...Issues to explore

• A Natural History of the Senses
• The Spell of the Sensuous
• The Durian
• Footsteps in the Jungle

Multimedia Center

• Multimedia Center

Interview

• Ghillean Prance
• Jan Salick

Advice from the Field

• Passing on a Sense of Place
• Seri Survey

Ethnobotanical Portraits

• Backgrounds
• Profiles
• What is this?

Keywords, Acronyms and Contributors

• Do you speak this language? A directory of acronyms
• Who are we? A list of contributors

Parting Words

• Back, current and coming issues
• Who supports the Handbook?
• The editorial team