Dr Sonia Peter is a Natural Product Chemist with interests in ethnomedicine, ethnobotany and plant conservation. She founded the non-profit organization to engage the public within a science engagement platform to promote the value of the plant resource for food security and wellness. She is published in scientific journals on natural product discovery and has penned the plant heritage book entitled ‘Seed Under the Leaf’.
Biocultural Education and Research Programme
Barbados
Our mandate is the conservation of plant biodiversity through the platforms of education and research. We create investment within the general public via workshops, lectures, courses and a biennial symposium on Plants and Planting for the Future.