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Landrace.wiki is a free, collaboratively-edited database documenting traditional cannabis landrace populations, their genetic characteristics, and the cultivation knowledge surrounding them.

Landrace.wiki's purpose is to preserve irreplaceable genetic diversity and traditional knowledge by creating a comprehensive, publicly accessible archive. Written collaboratively by field researchers, traditional cultivators, and conservation scientists, Landrace.wiki serves as a bridge between traditional knowledge holders and contemporary research.

Since its launch, the platform has documented 1,450 accessions across 288 known growing regions, with 1 active contributors in the past month.

Why This Matters

We are witnessing the rapid extinction of traditional landrace cannabis populations worldwide. Decades of prohibition, eradication campaigns, climate change, and the spread of commercial hybrids have pushed many ancient varieties to the brink of disappearance.

These landraces represent thousands of years of natural and human selection, containing unique genetic traits, chemical profiles, and cultural significance that cannot be recreated once lost.

Our Approach

Landrace.wiki maintains a hierarchical organization system that reflects how cannabis populations actually exist in nature and culture:

Gene Pool → Regional Complex → Growing Region → Growing Area → Appellation → Field → Accession

Each documented accession receives:

Standardized botanical and genetic data
Geographic and environmental context
Conservation status assessment
Cultivation history and traditional knowledge
Photo documentation and field observations

We distinguish between "known" and "documented" varieties to maintain research credibility, prioritizing rigorous field-based documentation over anecdotal claims.

Documentation Standards

Content serves three user levels:

Casual browsers: Accessible overviews and strain discovery
Practitioners: Detailed cultivation guides and growing information
Researchers: Technical data with citations and source documentation

Who We Are

Landrace.wiki is maintained by Zomia Collective in collaboration with researchers, traditional cultivators, and conservationists across Asia and globally. Our documentation work is grounded in:

Multi-year field research partnerships in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia
Direct relationships with traditional farming communities
Academic collaboration and scientific methodology
Seed preservation and conservation genetics

How to Contribute

Template:Main

We welcome contributions from:

Field researchers documenting new populations
Traditional cultivators sharing knowledge and genetic material
Scientists providing analytical data and research
Experienced growers adding cultivation reports
Photographers documenting plants and habitats

To contribute:

Create an account
Review our documentation standards
Use the accession documentation template
Submit through PageForms or direct page creation

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Technical Foundation

Platform: MediaWiki 1.44.0 with SemanticMediaWiki 6.0.1
Structure: Hierarchical organization with bidirectional database
Features: Interactive conservation mapping, advanced search, automated status tracking

Contact

General inquiries: info@zomiacollective.com
Research collaboration: research@zomiacollective.com
Field partnerships: fieldwork@zomiacollective.com
Media inquiries: press@zomiacollective.com

Acknowledgments

This work is made possible through field partnerships with traditional farming communities across Asia, academic collaborators, conservation organizations, and the broader landrace preservation community.

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-What is Landrace.wiki?
+{{Short description|About Landrace.Wiki - Documentation and conservation of traditional cannabis landraces}}
-Landrace.wiki is an open-access database documenting traditional cannabis landrace populations, their genetic characteristics, and the cultivation knowledge surrounding them. We serve as a bridge between traditional knowledge holders, contemporary cultivators, conservation scientists, and researchers working to preserve irreplaceable genetic diversity before it's lost.
+{{Shortcut|LW:ABT|LW:ABOUT}}
-Why This Matters
-We are witnessing the rapid extinction of traditional landrace cannabis populations worldwide. Decades of prohibition, eradication campaigns, climate change, and the spread of commercial hybrids have pushed many ancient varieties to the brink of disappearance. These landraces represent thousands of years of natural and human selection, containing unique genetic traits, chemical profiles, and cultural significance that cannot be recreated once lost.
-Landrace.wiki addresses this crisis through systematic documentation, creating a permanent public record of:
-Genetic diversity across traditional growing regions
+<div style="width: 75%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto">
-Conservation status tracking for at-risk populations
+{{center|{{large|<q>Traditional landraces are going extinct rapidly. We're creating a permanent public record before they're lost forever.</q>}}}}
-Traditional cultivation knowledge from source communities
+</div>
-Scientific data including botanical descriptions, chemical profiles, and environmental adaptations
-Field research from ongoing expeditions and documentation efforts
-Our Approach
+'''Landrace.wiki''' is a free, collaboratively-edited database documenting traditional [[Landrace|cannabis landrace populations]], their genetic characteristics, and the cultivation knowledge surrounding them.
-We maintain a hierarchical organization system that reflects how cannabis populations actually exist in nature and culture:
-Gene Pool → Regional Complex → Growing Region → Growing Area → Appellation → Field → Accession
+[[Landrace.wiki:Purpose|Landrace.wiki's purpose]] is to preserve irreplaceable genetic diversity and traditional knowledge by creating a comprehensive, publicly accessible archive. Written collaboratively by field researchers, traditional cultivators, and conservation scientists, Landrace.wiki serves as a bridge between traditional knowledge holders and contemporary research.
-Each documented accession receives:
+Since its launch, the platform has documented [[Conservation Dashboard|{{FORMATNUM:1450}} accessions]] across [[Growing regions|288 known growing regions]], with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} active contributors]] in the past month.
-Standardized botanical and genetic data
+== Why This Matters ==
-Geographic and environmental context
-Conservation status assessment
+We are witnessing the rapid extinction of traditional landrace cannabis populations worldwide. Decades of [[History/Modern Impact|prohibition]], [[Current Research/Conservation Status|eradication campaigns]], [[Geography/Environmental Factors|climate change]], and the spread of commercial hybrids have pushed many ancient varieties to the brink of disappearance.
-Cultivation history and traditional knowledge
-Photo documentation and field observations
+These landraces represent thousands of years of natural and human selection, containing unique [[Theory/Genetics & Breeding|genetic traits]], [[Theory/Biochemistry|chemical profiles]], and cultural significance that cannot be recreated once lost.
+== Our Approach ==
+Landrace.wiki maintains a '''hierarchical organization system''' that reflects how cannabis populations actually exist in nature and culture:
+<div style="text-align: center; font-family: monospace; margin: 1em 0;">
+'''Gene Pool''' → Regional Complex → Growing Region → Growing Area → Appellation → Field → '''Accession'''
+</div>
+Each documented [[Help:Documenting accessions|accession]] receives:
+* Standardized botanical and genetic data
+* Geographic and environmental context
+* [[Conservation Status|Conservation status assessment]]
+* [[Traditional Methods|Cultivation history]] and traditional knowledge
+* Photo documentation and field observations
 We distinguish between "known" and "documented" varieties to maintain research credibility, prioritizing rigorous field-based documentation over anecdotal claims.
-Documentation Standards
+== Documentation Standards ==
 Content serves three user levels:
+* '''Casual browsers''': Accessible overviews and strain discovery
+* '''Practitioners''': Detailed [[Growing|cultivation guides]] and growing information
+* '''Researchers''': Technical data with citations and source documentation
+== Who We Are ==
-Casual browsers: Accessible overviews and strain discovery
+Landrace.wiki is maintained by '''[https://zomiacollective.com Zomia Collective]''' in collaboration with researchers, traditional cultivators, and conservationists across Asia and globally. Our documentation work is grounded in:
-Practitioners: Detailed cultivation guides and growing information
+* Multi-year field research partnerships in [[Geography/Regional Overviews|Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia]]
-Researchers: Technical data with citations and source documentation
+* Direct relationships with traditional farming communities
+* Academic collaboration and scientific methodology
+* Seed preservation and [[Current Research/Conservation Status|conservation genetics]]
-Who We Are
+== How to Contribute ==
-Landrace.wiki is maintained by Zomia Collective in collaboration with researchers, traditional cultivators, and conservationists across Asia and globally. Our documentation work is grounded in:
-Multi-year field research partnerships in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia
+{{main|Help:Contributing}}
-Direct relationships with traditional farming communities
-Academic collaboration and scientific methodology
-Seed preservation and conservation genetics
-How to Contribute
 We welcome contributions from:
+* '''Field researchers''' documenting new populations
+* '''Traditional cultivators''' sharing knowledge and genetic material
+* '''Scientists''' providing analytical data and research
+* '''Experienced growers''' adding [[Community/Grow Reports|cultivation reports]]
+* '''Photographers''' documenting plants and habitats
-Field researchers documenting new populations
+To contribute:
-Traditional cultivators sharing knowledge and genetic material
+# [[Special:CreateAccount|Create an account]]
-Scientists providing analytical data and research
+# Review our [[Help:Documentation standards|documentation standards]]
-Experienced growers adding cultivation reports
+# Use the [[Help:Documenting accessions|accession documentation template]]
-Photographers documenting plants and habitats
+# Submit through [[Special:FormEdit/Accession|PageForms]] or direct page creation
-To contribute:
+{{block indent|To start contributing, click {{button|Edit}} or the pencil icon at the top of any non-protected page.}}
-[[Special:UserLogin|Create an account]]
+== Technical Foundation ==
-Review our [[Help:Documentation standards|documentation standards]]
-Use the [[Help:Documenting accessions|accession documentation template]]
-Submit through [[Template:Accession Form|PageForms]] or direct page creation
-Technical Foundation
+* '''Platform''': MediaWiki 1.44.0 with SemanticMediaWiki 6.0.1
+* '''Structure''': Hierarchical organization with bidirectional database
+* '''Features''': [[Main Page#Interactive map|Interactive conservation mapping]], advanced search, automated status tracking
-Platform: MediaWiki 1.44.0 with SemanticMediaWiki
+== Contact ==
-Structure: Hierarchical organization with bidirectional database
-Features: Interactive conservation mapping, advanced search, automated status tracking
-Contact
+* '''General inquiries''': info@zomiacollective.com
+* '''Research collaboration''': research@zomiacollective.com
+* '''Field partnerships''': fieldwork@zomiacollective.com
+* '''Media inquiries''': press@zomiacollective.com
-Email: [your contact email]
+== Acknowledgments ==
-Organization: [Zomia Collective website]
-Research inquiries: [research contact]
-Media/Press: [media contact]
-Acknowledgments
 This work is made possible through field partnerships with traditional farming communities across Asia, academic collaborators, conservation organizations, and the broader landrace preservation community.
+---
+''See also: [[Landrace.wiki:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]] • [[Help:Contents|Help Contents]] • [[Landrace.wiki:Community portal|Community Portal]]''
+[[Category:Landrace.wiki basic information|About]]