Dr. Diana Quiroz
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in
Biodiversität, Evolution und Ökologie
Anschrift
Büro
Kontakt
Schwerpunkte
- Ethnobotanik
- Anfänge der Domestikation von Pflanzen
- Management pflanzlicher Ressourcen
- Populationsgenetik
Publikationen
Fachartikel mit Peer-Rewiew
Quiroz D, Van Andel T (In press) Analyzing the cultural importance of plants in western African religions. Economic Botany
Quiroz D, Sosef M, Van Andel T (2016) Why ritual plant use has pharmacological relevance. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 188:48-56
Van Andel T, Van Onselen S, Myren B, Towns A, Quiroz D (2015) The medicine from behind: The frequent use of enemas in western African traditional medicine. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 174: 637-643
Quiroz D, Van Andel T (2015) Evidence of a link between taboos and sacrifices and resource scarcity of ritual plants. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 11: 5
Van Andel T, Croft S, Van de Loon E, Quiroz D, Towns AM, Raes N (2015) Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models. Biological Conservation, 181: 173-181
Van Andel T, Van ‘t Klooster C, Quiroz D, Towns AM, Ruysschaert S, Van den Berg M (2014) Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111: E5346-E5353
Vossen T, Towns AM, Ruysschaert S, Quiroz D, Van Andel T (2014) Consequences of the transatlantic slave trade on medicinal plant selection: Plant used for cultural bound syndromes affecting children in Suriname and West Africa. PLoS ONE, 9: e112345
Towns AM, Quiroz D, Guinée L, De Boer H, Van Andel T (2014) Volume, value and floristic diversity of Gabon’s medicinal plant markets. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 155: 1184-1193
Schlecht E, Hernandez-Zaballos LG, Quiroz D, Scholte P, Buerkert A (2014) Traditional land use and reconsideration of environmental zoning in the Hawf Protected Area, south-eastern Yemen. Journal of Arid Environments, 109: 92-102
Quiroz D, Towns AM, Legba I, Swier J, Brière S, Sosef M, Van Andel T (2014) Quantifying the domestic market in herbal medicine in Benin, West Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 151: 1100- 1108
Porter R, Quiroz D (2010) Social behaviour of the Egyptian vulture. British Birds, 103: 60-64.
Aufsätze ohne Peer-Review
Florin M, Quiroz D (2016) Editorial: Pastoralists and agroecology. Farming Matters 32(4).
Quiroz D (2016) ‘Impact studies are crucial for the amplification of agroecology’. Interview with Clara Nicolls, president of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA). Farming Matters 32(3).
Florin M, Quiroz D, Bruil J (2016) Editorial: Traditional plants build resilience and resistance. Farming Matters 32(2)
Quiroz D, Florin M (2016) ‘Real solutions and in the diversity of food and farming’. Interview with Mariam Mayet, director of the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). Farming Matters, 32(2)
Bruil J, Quiroz D (2016) FAO’s regional meetings on agroecology: a reflection. Farming Matters, 32(2)
Quiroz D (2016) ‘Agroecology is an epistemological revolution’. Interview with academic and social activist Victor M. Toledo. Farming Matters, 32(1).
Bücher
Quiroz D (2015) Do not fear the supernatural! The relevance of ritual plant use for traditional culture, nature conservation and human health in western Africa. PhD Thesis. Wageningen University. 250 p. ISBN: 978-94-6257-260-7
Buchkapitel
Quiroz D (2012) Benin: The role of spiritual values. In: Brouwer, M (Ed) The Ecosystem Promise. MB Publishers, Pp. 60-61. ISBN: 978-90-811942-0-4
Weitere Publikationen / Datenblätter
Quiroz D (2016) Agropyron cristatum (crested wheatgrass). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Macaranga tanarius (parasol leaf tree). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Andropogon glomeratus (bushy bluestem). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Lepidium perfoliatum (clasping pepperweed). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Hirschfeldia incana (shortpod mustard). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Xyris complanata (yellow-eyed grass). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Nephrolepis brownii (Asian swordfern). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Cynara cardunculus (cardoon). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Brachypodium distachyon (purple false brome). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2016) Descurainia sophia (flixweed). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2015) Polygonum arenastrum (common knotweed). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Quiroz D (2015) Abutilon grandifolium (hairy Indian mallow). CABI - Invasive Species Compendium
Tagungsband-Beiträge
Quiroz D, Van Andel T (2015) Plants of the Gods reloaded: Including emic perspectives in the study of ritual plant use. Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany. Clanwilliam, South Africa (Oral presentation)
Quiroz D, Van Andel T (2014) Traditional spiritual practices: untapped potential in conservation planning. Meeting of the African Association for the Study of Religion: Religion, Ecology, and the Environment in Africa and the African Diaspora. Cape Town, South Africa (Oral presentation)
Quiroz D, Van Andel T (2014) Moving beyond the sacred: approaching traditional spiritual values to inform plan conservation planning. Joint meeting of the Society of Economic Botany and the Society of Ethnobiology. Cherokee, North Carolina, USA (Oral presentation)
Quiroz D, Van Andel T, Towns AM, Swier J, Brière S, Legba I (2013) Quantifying the Domestic Market in Herbal Medicine in Benin, West Africa. Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Botany. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK (Oral presentation).
Quiroz D, Towns AM (2011) Plants used in magico-religious practices, women's health, and childcare in Benin and Gabon. Troisième Colloque des Sciences, Cultures et Technologies de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi. Akassato, Benin. (Oral presentation)
Quiroz D (2010) Assessing the Constraints to Environmental Protection in South-East Arabia: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Agro-pastoral Land Use Systems in the Hawf Protected Area, Yemen. World Congress for Middle-Eastern Studies. Barcelona. (Oral presentation)
Quiroz D, Scholte P, Al-Okaishi A, Schlecht E, Buerkert A (2008) Constraints and Potentials for Environmental Protection in the Afro-Pastoral Land Use Systems of the Hawf Protected Area, Yemen. Tropentag. Hohenheim, Germany. (Poster)
Medien
Quiroz D (2015) “Protecting Endangered Plants One Taboo at the time: traditional practices and conservation”.
The Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature Initiative.
Weitere Medienberichte
Radio LoRa (Zürich, Switzerland) (2016) Interview for Alter-Nativa: Agroecology, family farming and food sovereignty (In Spanish).
Radio Rebelde (Cuba) (2016) Interview: International farmer-to-farmer Exchanges as vectors of Agroecology (in Spanish).
Trouw (2015) Het rituele kruid kan heilzaam zijn.
NEMO Kennislink (2015) De kracht van magische planten.
Resource (Wageningen University’s Magazine) (2014) Religieus taboe beschermt bedreigde soorten.
CV
Education | |
2010- 2015 | PhD. Ethnobotany. Wageningen University (Wageningen, The Netherlands) |
2007- 2008 | M.Sc. Ecological Agriculture. Kassel University (Witzenhausen, Germany) |
2002- 2007 | B.Sc. Environmental and Resource Management. Brangenburg University of Technology (Cottbus, Germany) |
Professional Experience | |
since 2017 | DAAD-Prime Postdoctoral Fellow at Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants (BEE) and visiting researcher at the Institute for Studies on Ecosystems and Sustainability (IIES) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico |
2017 | Co-funder. The Cultivate Collective (Wageningen, The Netherlands) 2016-2017. Resarch and advocacy officer at ILEIA - Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture (Wageningen, The Netherlands) |
since 2015 | Independent consultant. Ayé Consulting (Rhenen, The Netherlands). Work undertaken for: Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group (Wageningen University), CAB International – Invasive Species Compendium, CAH-Vilentum University of Applied Sciences, ILEIA – Centre for learning on sustainable agriculture, Friends of the Earth International, and the Transnational Institute |
2010- 2014 | Scientific Officer. Naturalis Biodiversity Center (The Netherlands) |
2009- 2010 | Junior Expert/Project Assistant. medica mondiale (Fish Town, Liberia) 2008. Specialist. Socotra Conservation and Development Programme (Hadibu, Yemen) |
2007 | Research Internship. Hawf Protected Area (Hawf, Yemen) |