Sustainable utilization and conservation of plant biodiversity in montane ecosystems: the western Himalayas as a case study

SM Khan, SE Page, H Ahmad, DM Harper - Annals of botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Conservation of the unique biodiversity of mountain ecosystems needs trans-
disciplinary approaches to succeed in a crowded colloquial world. Geographers …

Cultural significance of medicinal plant families and species among Quechua farmers in Apillapampa, Bolivia

E Thomas, I Vandebroek, S Sanca… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Medicinal plant use was investigated in
Apillapampa, a community of subsistence farmers located in the semi-arid Bolivian Andes …

Ethnoveterinary knowledge in pastoral Karamoja, Uganda

JT Gradé, JRS Tabuti, P Van Damme - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The people of Karamoja of northern Uganda
chiefly rely on ethnoveterinary knowledge (EVK) to control common livestock health …

New ethnomedicinal claims from Gujjar and Bakerwals tribes of Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India

A Shah, KA Bharati, J Ahmad, MP Sharma - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Medicinal plants are frequently employed by Gujjar and Bakerwal tribes in
Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India for treatment of various ailments …

Resilience of Andean urban ethnobotanies: a comparison of medicinal plant use among Bolivian and Peruvian migrants in the United Kingdom and in their countries …

M Ceuterick, I Vandebroek, A Pieroni - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Analysing why and how ethnobotanical traditions
'survive'is important for a better understanding of migrants' health care behaviour. This study …

Ethnobotany: the study of people-plant relationships

JM Nolan, NJ Turner - Ethnobiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ethnobotany's development has challenged the prevailing trend in academic studies of the
twentieth century of disciplinary specialization. It reflects congruence with our human efforts …

Traditional knowledge of wild food plants of Thai Karen and Lawa (Thailand)

K Punchay, A Inta, P Tiansawat, H Balslev… - Genetic Resources and …, 2020 - Springer
Gathering of wild food plants represent original practices of indigenous people. The uses of
wild food plant species are not only important in traditional dishes but also for the people's …

Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge on non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo

C Termote, P Van Damme, B Dhed'a Djailo - Genetic Resources and Crop …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Wild Edible Plant (WEP) knowledge is very important for the survival of many
African communities and may constitute a genetic resource pool for the development of …

Bridging local and scientific knowledge for area-based conservation of useful plants in Colombia

L Kor, M Fernández-Lucero, DA Granados Flórez… - Ambio, 2024 - Springer
While the importance of interdisciplinary approaches is increasingly recognised in
conservation, bridging knowledge systems across scales remains a fundamental challenge …

Use and valuation of native and introduced medicinal plant species in Campo Hermoso and Zetaquira, Boyacá, Colombia

AL Cadena-González, M Sørensen… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2013 - Springer
Background Medicinal plant species contribute significantly to folk medicine in Colombia.
However, few local studies have investigated whether species used are introduced or native …