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Mar 1, 2019

New Species Discovery

https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2019/03/boswellia-occulta.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0d3UobCh5oMYwYe6NfQUTMIRHDfqsTtisSjJUEkH1u_4cXJeYJzeOvTa4

Jan 17, 2019

IFEAT- Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo Speaker for Event

https://ifeat.org/project/2017-athens-conference-speakers/?fbclid=IwAR1XE6gBq_ZbWe_D2hezO6CIqx2aphxVQwvQVAUWv7VBYh6StrvYVLdiAFI

Jan 4, 2019

Boswellia occulta (Burseraceae), a new species of frankincense tree from Somalia

https://aromaticplant.org/assets/26725-21295-1-pb.pdf

Oct 30, 2018

First International Conference on Frankincense and Medicinal Plants-

https://conferences.squ.edu.om/Portals/11/Users/028/28/28/ResearchAbstractsBook.pdf?ver=2018-11-13-163131-493&fbclid=IwAR29w9DUxYTKDxcoBF...

Sep 8, 2018

Publication on Boswellia carteri Chemotypes in Chemistry & Biodiversity Journal

The Boswellia carteri frankincense trees are famously variable, so much so that they’ve been confusing botanists and taxonomists for...

Apr 19, 2018

A Sustainable Future for Frankincense and Forests?

https://theecologist.org/2018/apr/19/sustainable-future-frankincense-and-forests

Apr 19, 2018

saxafimedia: A Sustainable Future For Frankincense And Forests?

Mar 24, 2018

Frankincense Communities Speak Out

Frankincense harvesting communities have begun to speak out for themselves about the problems with the trees. You can watch their...

Jan 1, 2018

Sustainable Frankincense Production Systems in Somaliland

https://aromaticplant.org/assets/species/best-practices2018revision.pdf

Oct 2, 2017

The New Yorker: How Essential Oils Became the Cure for Our Age of Anxiety

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-essential-oils-became-the-cure-for-our-age-of-anxiety

May 1, 2017

WWJD? Frankincense distiller considers Fair Trade certification

https://www.ignited.global/case/business/wwjd-frankincense-distiller-considers-fair-trade-certification?fbclid=IwAR327Z9MXA0G6kbx_m1CNUeo...

Apr 22, 2017

CNN Documentary on Somaliland Frankincense

The documentary follows the economic, social, and ecological issues around frankincense production and features both our project team and...

Apr 20, 2017

New blog post on our work

Dan Riegler, founder of Apothecary’s Garden, has written a blog post on the frankincense situation in Somaliland and our work. Dan...

Apr 19, 2017

Lush Article on Somaliland Frankincense

The team over at Lush has written a piece on Somaliland’s frankincense and the work we’re doing to support sustainability in the area....

Feb 28, 2017

Horn Diplomat Interview with Anjanette about Frankincense & Being an American Working in Somaliland

The Horn Diplomat, an English-language news website for members of the Horn of Africa diaspora, recently interviewed project director...

Dec 29, 2016

AP News Story on the Frankincense Forests

The Associated Press has published a story by Jason Patinkin about the Somaliland frankincense forests.

Dec 29, 2016

Short Documentary on our October Fieldwork:

We have produced a short documentary from footage we took during the October 2016 fieldwork. Check it out:

Dec 26, 2016

Earth.com: Famous Frankincense Forest Is In Serious Danger

https://www.earth.com/news/frankincense-forest-serious-danger/?fbclid=IwAR13v97YHi1Dzf4ZTx81T2ZVM_8d_VXM5tv6MAadoztt3HCrm-501ar41z0

Dec 26, 2016

October 2016 Field Work Complete

The team has completed the October 2016 analysis of the frankincense growing region.

Dec 23, 2016

High Demand Threatens Frankincense Trade in Somaliland

https://www.voanews.com/africa/high-demand-threatens-frankincense-trade-somaliland?fbclid=IwAR01v2jG6OAcdHPYacGK0_nP1Uhb_ZamUYEJkn5RxPx5D...

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