We are thrilled to share that Alexandra Konieczny successfully defended her Master’s thesis, developed within the framework of the IEK-CHANGES project. A student in the MSc programme in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Alexandra presented her thesis entitled “A Comprehensive Assessment of Palm (Arecaceae) Uses by the Tsimane’ Indigenous People of the Bolivian Amazon”, supervised by Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Mónica Moraes R., and Jorge C. Llopis. Her excellent work (awarded a 9.7 out of 10) contributes to our broader aim of understanding continuity and change in the ethnobotanical knowledge systems of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples. Congratulations, Alexandra. We are so proud of you!
