Botany In Action funds fieldwork research about
endangered and medicinal plants and helps build
conservation strategies to preserve disappearing
habitats.  
 
BIA TRAVELS!
Botany in Action's first trip to
Oaxaca, Mexico
This February, BIA founder Susan
Clancy and 9 other BIA supporters
traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to study
Cooking, Culture & Crafts.  The trip
was a great success and raised
$5000 to help cover BIA's fieldwork
grants for 2006.  

A repeat trip to Oaxaca and a new
Moroccan itinerary are being planned
for early 2007 as fund raisers for
Botany In Action. Contact
Susan
Clancy for more information.
Susan Clancy at the Botanical
Garden in Oaxaca, a highlight of
the trip.


Research just in!  
Read grantee Arika
Virapongse's newly
submitted thesis:  
Ethnomedicine and
Materia Medica used by
Kui traditional healers in
Northeast Thailand.  
BOTANY IN ACTION CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY  
RAISES OVER $50,000 TOWARDS ENDOWMENT  
Grantees, Mentors & Supporters at BIA's 10th Anniversary Party.
Botany in Action fêted its 10 year anniversary in the fall of 2005,
and celebrants contributed over $50,000 to BIA's endowment
fund, which now is 50% funded toward its goal of $400,000.   
Interest from the endowment will fund annual  fieldwork grants.   

Thanks to all who helped achieve this great result!  If you would
like to make a financial contribution, contact
Paula Sculley  or
Susan Clancy for more information on how to help.
2006 Grantees  
Four new, talented
students receive
grants from BIA to
conduct fieldwork.
 

Christopher
Heckel
Bianca Knoll   
Cassandra
Quave
Pio Saqui