1. An open letter to seb members, and readers ofEconomic Botany, from the editor in chief

   • Daniel E. Moerman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 310

2. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 311 - 311

3. Tibetan land use and change near khawa karpo, Eastern Himalayas

   • Jan Salick
   • Yang Yongping
   • Anthony Amend

   OriginalPaper Pages: 312 - 325

4. Plant use by the q’eqchi’ maya of belize in ethnopsychiatry and neurological pathology

   • Natalie Bourbonnas-Spear
   • Rosalie Awad
   • John Thor Arnason

   OriginalPaper Pages: 326 - 336

5. Late prehistoric wood use in an andean intermontane valley

   • Christine A. Hastorf
   • William T. Whitehead
   • Sissel Johannessen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 355

6. Factors in maintaining indigenous knowledge among ethnic communities of Manus Island

   • Ryan J. Case
   • Guido F. Pauli
   • D. Doel Soejarto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 356 - 365

7. Traditional knowledge and genetic diversity ofopuntia pilifera (cactaceae) in the tehuacán-cuicatlán valley, Mexico

   • Linn Borgen Nilsen
   • Manfred Heun
   • Beatriz Rendón-Aguilar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 366 - 376

8. The market for medicinal plants in sapa and hanoi, vietnam

   • Claudio O. Delang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 385

9. The role of barley among the shuhi in the Tibetan Cultural Area of the Eastern Himalayas.

   • Caroline S. Weckerle
   • Franz K. Huber
   • Sun Weibang

   Notes On Economic Plants Pages: 386 - 390

10. The cultural and ecological roles of mimosa species in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico.

    • Shivcharn S. Dhillion
    • Sara L. Camargo-Ricalde

    BriefCommunication Pages: 390 - 394

11. Book reviews

    • Dorothea Bedigian
    • Sebsebe Demissew
    • Karol Chandler-Ezell

    BookReview Pages: 395 - 412

12. Books received

    Announcement Pages: 413 - 415