Ida Theilade has worked with management and conservation of tropical forests for the past 30 years. Her main research interests are in the areas of indigenous knowledge and natural resource management in relation to tropical forests. Current research includes ethnobotanical studies on use and importance of plant resources to local people as well as their priorities for conservation. This includes linkages between livelihoods and conservation as well as the role local knowledge and institutions can play in environmental monitoring and protection. Current research involves citizen science and the use of digital tools in environmental monitoring and forest governance.
Tropical forest ecology, indigenous knowledge, non-timber forest products, ethnobotany, citizen science
