The PPI network brings
together local and international experts to
combine traditional knowledge and biological
sciences in the most advanced and integrated
development, conservation, and education projects
in six primary program areas:
1. Sustainable resource management: PPI
collaborates with local experts, cooperatives,
and communities to develop management protocols
for plant resources of subsistence or commercial
importance. Protocols are designed around
traditional knowledge and ecological sciences,
and are calibrated to satisfy conservation
interests and local livelihood needs.
2. Ethnoecology master’s: PPI works with
academic institutions to develop their
master’s-level ethnoecology curriculum and
teach short courses. In addition to building
knowledge and skills, this program builds bridges
between young scientists and local communities in
their countries.
3. Returning results: All PPI projects produce
materials based on field work in formats
accessible and useful to local resource managers.
This ensures that knowledge gathered is kept
where it is most needed.
4. Policy development: this program assesses
policies relevant to the local, national, and
international use and trade of plant products,
and make recommendations to improve the efficacy
and equity of these regulatory instruments at the
local level.
5. Cultural landscapes and indigenous resource
rights: Local and indigenous groups often
experience fragmentation and become alientated
from their cultural and natural heritage as a
result of external development, conservation or
resource extraction interventions. PPI helps
local peoples build internal capacities and
retain their ties to the landscape by
facilitating participatory processes and
initiatives that secure, transmit, adapt, and
apply traditional knowledge.
6. Health and Habitat: we work for effective
primary health care through a better
understanding of the links between people’s
health, plant conservation, and resource
management at multiple scales from the habitat
level to harvest of plants providing food, insect
repellents or herbal medicines.
By working together with local groups in
collaborative partnerships, PPI develops
sustainable local solutions to improve the
interface between human cultures and natural
environments. Through the mentoring and education
of future natural scientists in project areas,
PPI hopes to see a new generation of
practitioners who practice conservation that
works for local people whose survival depends on
the wise use of their resources.
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