Alan Hamilton (Author) Alan Hamilton has been a lecturer in botany, geography and environmental science, variously in the UK and Uganda. His research has been mainly on the environmental history of East Africa during the Quaternary, for which he was awarded a Doctorate in Science from the University of Cambridge. He served as Plants Conservation Officer for WWF-International (1989-2004) and as Plants Conservation and Livelihoods Officer for Plantlife International (2005-2008), in which roles he was responsible for many plant conservation projects around the world. He was one of the originators and the overall manager of the People and Plants Initiative (PPI) of WWF, UNESCO and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which aimed to increase global capacity in applied ethnobotany. One of his duties in PPI was to organise publication and distribution of a number of manuals on plant conservation in three languages (English, Spanish and Chinese). He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and remains actively involved in conservation in China. He is the author of eight scientific books and about 100 scientific papers.Pei Shengji (Author) Pei is the father of modern ethnobotany in China, responsible for training and advising many students and researchers on how to work with communities for conservation and rural development. He is an expert on palms and was formerly the Director of Xichuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

• Part 1:: The challenge and the systems context 1.: Sustainable development: an existential challenge of our time (with a note on the Luganda language) 2.: Plants, planet and people – an overview Part 2:: Plants in human history 3.: Plants in human history to 1500 CE 4.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 1 – worldviews 5.: Plants in human history since 1500 CE 6.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 2 – post-1500 developments in Europe and the West 7.: Human knowledge of plants 8.: A history of plant conservation Part 3:: A suggested approach to plant conservation 9.: Principles and practice of ecosystem-based plant conservation Part 4:: Personal experiences in botany and conservation 10.: The People and Plants Initiative (1992-2005) 11.: The Medicinal Plants Conservation Initiative (2005-2008) 12.: The saga of rubber, Part 2 – the story in China and the founding of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 13.: Commercialisation of the Hani’s knowledge of fleagrass – a case study in access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in China 14.: Revitalising the traditional conservation practices of the Dai (China) 15.: Research into the environmental history of tropical Africa 16.: A conservation crisis caused by destructive logging in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (1986-1987) and a sequel in Mexico (1988) 17.: Conservation and community knowledge, Mt Kinabalu, Malaysia (1992-1998) 18.: Conservation on the frontline: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (1966-2004) 19.: Resource conflicts at Ayubia National Park, Pakistan (1996-2004) 20.: Conservation and healing in Dolpo, Nepal (1997-2004) 21.: Conservation and development based on medicinal plants at Ludian, with an extension to the Meili Snow Mountain Range (China)

Alan Hamilton (Author) Alan Hamilton has been a lecturer in botany, geography and environmental science, variously in the UK and Uganda. His research has been mainly on the environmental history of East Africa during the Quaternary, for which he was awarded a Doctorate in Science from the University of Cambridge. He served as Plants Conservation Officer for WWF-International (1989-2004) and as Plants Conservation and Livelihoods Officer for Plantlife International (2005-2008), in which roles he was responsible for many plant conservation projects around the world. He was one of the originators and the overall manager of the People and Plants Initiative (PPI) of WWF, UNESCO and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which aimed to increase global capacity in applied ethnobotany. One of his duties in PPI was to organise publication and distribution of a number of manuals on plant conservation in three languages (English, Spanish and Chinese). He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and remains actively involved in conservation in China. He is the author of eight scientific books and about 100 scientific papers.Pei Shengji (Author) Pei is the father of modern ethnobotany in China, responsible for training and advising many students and researchers on how to work with communities for conservation and rural development. He is an expert on palms and was formerly the Director of Xichuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

• Part 1:: The challenge and the systems context 1.: Sustainable development: an existential challenge of our time (with a note on the Luganda language) 2.: Plants, planet and people – an overview Part 2:: Plants in human history 3.: Plants in human history to 1500 CE 4.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 1 – worldviews 5.: Plants in human history since 1500 CE 6.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 2 – post-1500 developments in Europe and the West 7.: Human knowledge of plants 8.: A history of plant conservation Part 3:: A suggested approach to plant conservation 9.: Principles and practice of ecosystem-based plant conservation Part 4:: Personal experiences in botany and conservation 10.: The People and Plants Initiative (1992-2005) 11.: The Medicinal Plants Conservation Initiative (2005-2008) 12.: The saga of rubber, Part 2 – the story in China and the founding of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 13.: Commercialisation of the Hani’s knowledge of fleagrass – a case study in access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in China 14.: Revitalising the traditional conservation practices of the Dai (China) 15.: Research into the environmental history of tropical Africa 16.: A conservation crisis caused by destructive logging in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (1986-1987) and a sequel in Mexico (1988) 17.: Conservation and community knowledge, Mt Kinabalu, Malaysia (1992-1998) 18.: Conservation on the frontline: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (1966-2004) 19.: Resource conflicts at Ayubia National Park, Pakistan (1996-2004) 20.: Conservation and healing in Dolpo, Nepal (1997-2004) 21.: Conservation and development based on medicinal plants at Ludian, with an extension to the Meili Snow Mountain Range (China)

Alan Hamilton (Author) Alan Hamilton has been a lecturer in botany, geography and environmental science, variously in the UK and Uganda. His research has been mainly on the environmental history of East Africa during the Quaternary, for which he was awarded a Doctorate in Science from the University of Cambridge. He served as Plants Conservation Officer for WWF-International (1989-2004) and as Plants Conservation and Livelihoods Officer for Plantlife International (2005-2008), in which roles he was responsible for many plant conservation projects around the world. He was one of the originators and the overall manager of the People and Plants Initiative (PPI) of WWF, UNESCO and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which aimed to increase global capacity in applied ethnobotany. One of his duties in PPI was to organise publication and distribution of a number of manuals on plant conservation in three languages (English, Spanish and Chinese). He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and remains actively involved in conservation in China. He is the author of eight scientific books and about 100 scientific papers.Pei Shengji (Author) Pei is the father of modern ethnobotany in China, responsible for training and advising many students and researchers on how to work with communities for conservation and rural development. He is an expert on palms and was formerly the Director of Xichuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

• Part 1:: The challenge and the systems context 1.: Sustainable development: an existential challenge of our time (with a note on the Luganda language) 2.: Plants, planet and people – an overview Part 2:: Plants in human history 3.: Plants in human history to 1500 CE 4.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 1 – worldviews 5.: Plants in human history since 1500 CE 6.: Cultural influences on people/plant relationships, Part 2 – post-1500 developments in Europe and the West 7.: Human knowledge of plants 8.: A history of plant conservation Part 3:: A suggested approach to plant conservation 9.: Principles and practice of ecosystem-based plant conservation Part 4:: Personal experiences in botany and conservation 10.: The People and Plants Initiative (1992-2005) 11.: The Medicinal Plants Conservation Initiative (2005-2008) 12.: The saga of rubber, Part 2 – the story in China and the founding of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 13.: Commercialisation of the Hani’s knowledge of fleagrass – a case study in access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in China 14.: Revitalising the traditional conservation practices of the Dai (China) 15.: Research into the environmental history of tropical Africa 16.: A conservation crisis caused by destructive logging in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (1986-1987) and a sequel in Mexico (1988) 17.: Conservation and community knowledge, Mt Kinabalu, Malaysia (1992-1998) 18.: Conservation on the frontline: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (1966-2004) 19.: Resource conflicts at Ayubia National Park, Pakistan (1996-2004) 20.: Conservation and healing in Dolpo, Nepal (1997-2004) 21.: Conservation and development based on medicinal plants at Ludian, with an extension to the Meili Snow Mountain Range (China)