Description: Northeast India represents one of the most remarkable biocultural landscapes of the world. Situated at the crossroads of the Indo-Malayan, Indo-Chinese, and Indian biogeographic realms, the region is distinguished by extraordinary ecological richness and an equally vibrant mosaic of indigenous communities. For centuries, plants, animals, insects, microbes, and humans have coexisted here in relationships shaped by observation, experimentation, belief, and cultural transmission. The edited volume Plants, Animals and People: Ethnobiological Insights from Northeast India brings together these intertwined narratives, foregrounding ethnobiology as a crucial lens for understanding traditional knowledge systems and their contemporary relevance.
