National ecosystem assessments provide an important platform for the scientific community and Indigenous and local knowledge holders to exchange, cross-fertilize and co-generate knowledge through a ...

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The Madagascar periwinkle packs a lot of healing power into its delicate pink flowers. Although native to the African island after which it is named, for centuries it has been cultivated and used in ...