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Jardín Etnobotánico De Oaxaca

The Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca is a botanical garden in Oaxaca City, Mexico. It occupies 2.32 acres of land adjacent to the Church of Santo Domingo. It is administered by the state government of Oaxaca.

History

In 1993, a proposal for the creation of the Ethnobotanical Garden was put forth by Francisco Toledo, a renowned artist from Oaxaca, and the civil association PRO-OAX (Board for the Defense and Conservation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Oaxaca, A.C.). Francisco Toledo was interested in preserving and promoting the traditional knowledge of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples of the Oaxaca region. The artist was a constant activist and his struggles led him to win great and surprising battles, such as preventing, alongside ProOax, the conversion of the former Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (a colonial-era building) into a large parking lot and managing to turn it into the current Santo Domingo Cultural Center, which houses the Museum of Cultures and the Ethnobotanical Garden.

Toledo collaborated with anthropologist Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg to design the garden, which showcases the rich diversity of plant species used by indigenous communities in the region for food, medicine, and cultural practices. The garden also includes an herbarium, a library, and a laboratory for the study of ethnobotany.

Species

Some of the species found in the garden include:

The garden showcases the rich biodiversity of the region and the importance of plants to the local communities.

Agave is one of the species found in the Etnobotanical Garden in Oaxaca.

References

  1. ^ "Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ https://jardinoaxaca.mx/estructura-institucional/
  3. ^ https://inba.gob.mx/prensa/14386/francisco-toledo-incansable-activista-y-creador-de-instituciones
  4. ^ "Oaxaca's Ethnobotanical Garden - Garden Design". GardenDesign.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  5. ^ Oaxaca, Jardín Etnobotánico de. "Colecciones". Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ The Thorn and the Fruit. Artes de Mexico. ISBN 9703510108.
  7. ^ "Observations on iNaturalist". iNaturalist.

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