Fostering greater recognition of Caribbean traditional plant knowledge.

The Caribbean is a hotspot of biological and cultural diversity, manifested in traditional plant knowledge of Afrodescendant peoples and other ethnicities. To strengthen the visibility of this knowledge in research, education, and policy making, we propose an eight-step action plan centered on reciprocal relationships with Caribbean plant stewards, especially subsistence farmers.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests I.V. has been an Honorary Research Associate at The New York Botanical Garden in New York since 2022. She also holds an Adjunct Faculty Member appointment at the Biology PhD Program of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, since 2012. The other authors have no interests to declare.
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