Nishanth Gurav, the TRIBE Lab member, presented his research at the XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid, Spain.
The International Botanical Congress is held every 5 years and brings together botanists, mycologists and other transdisciplinary researchers working in field of plant taxonomy. This year's key topics included biodiversity conservation, systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography and evolution. Nishant presented the poster entitled Cultural practices and taboos of the Gond community in the central India and their role in sustaining wild plants. The presented topic is a part of his Ph.D. research focusing on ethnobiology of wild food plants of Gond community in Chhattisgarh, India. During the conference, Nishant also participated in several workshops related to research approaches in ethnobotanical and taxonomic research.