World Park – Travels through Northern Europe, Sweden, and Iceland photo-documenting good examples of original and new ecosystems containing medicinal plants with potential for helping restore our planet back into a healthy global ecosystem

This presentation documents my travels through England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, and Iceland searching for projects in nature conservation that are good examples of people protecting and restoring natural areas hosting native medicinal plants. Specifically, I was looking for original primary ecosystems and projects that had potential for gradually helping restore our planet back into a healthy condition. One week was spent in each country while visiting and documenting as many locations and projects within each country as possible. First principles of the Theory of Island Biogeography were used to interpret the photos, data, and project outcomes. Special attention was paid to native species with ethnobiological interest, pharmacological potential, and economic history. The results are that people in every country are reaching out to protect and restore nature and their native medicinal plants, and are helping restore our planet back into a healthy global condition.