Anne Goehre

TU Dresden | TUD · Botanischer Garten

Angola is a tropical country with many biogeographical units and, therefore, has a high floristic diversity. Although an increasing number of floristic studies has been carried out in Angola in recent years, the country is still considered to be underinvestigated as many species being collected were previously unknown there. Several scientific grou...

In einem Langzeitprojekt vom Setzen der Kartoffeln über die Ernte bis zur Stärkegewinnung und Produktion von Biofolie erfahren die Kinder viel über Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourcenschonung. Dabei werden sie angeregt, zu ökologischen Konflikten (Herstellung von Bioprodukten auf Kosten von Nahrungsmittelanbau) nach Lösungen zu suchen. Grundschule Sachun...

Background and aims – Located in the transition zone of Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian phytochoria, the Angolan provinces of Uíge and Cuanza Norte are of particular interest for floristic studies and high biodiversity is expected. Nevertheless, explorations of the vegetation are relatively rare. Our study aims to supplement a recent checklist of va...

Background This study represents the first in-depth ethnobotanical study in the province of Uíge in northern Angola and documents the traditional knowledge of the Bakongo people living in the area. Due to deforestation and frequent fires, degraded savannahs dominate the landscape in the study region. Here we provide a list of useful plants from the...