Biography
Dr. Alison Ormsby teaches Environmental Studies at University of North Carolina Asheville, including an Ethnobotany course. She is a human ecologist and is interested in the intersection between people and conservation of natural areas. She has conducted research at sacred forests in Ghana, India, and Sierra Leone. She has numerous publications about her work, including in the books "Asian Sacred Natural Sites, Philosophy and Practice in Protected Areas and Conservation" (2016), "Sacred Species and Sites: Advances in Biocultural Conservation" (2012), and "Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture" (2010).
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