Ethnopharmacology seeks to investigate humankind's use of natural materials, such as
plants, fungi, microorganisms, animals, and minerals, for medicinal purposes. In this highly …

Integrating Indigenous and local knowledge in conservation and natural resource
management (NRM) initiatives is necessary to achieve sustainability, equity, and …

The use of traditional medicines (TMs) among urban populations in developing countries
and factors underlying people's decision to use TMs are poorly documented. We interviewed …

Background There are many ethnobotanical studies on the use of wild plants and
mushrooms for food and medicinal treatment in Europe. However, there is a lack of …

Ethical issues can arise during any stage of research involving human participants. This
chapter is written from the perspective of a field researcher (ethnobotanist) who is …

The present study was conducted to collect, record, and document local knowledge of
medicinal practices in Düzce, a northwestern Anatolian province. To the best of our …

This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes
the importance of ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural …

Ethnobiology is increasingly recognized from within and outside of its boundaries as
interdisciplinary. The Society of Ethnobiology defines the field as “the scientific study of …

This study presents challenges and potentials of local and traditional nature-related
knowledge as a tourism resource and reveals how it fits into the process of constructing and …

The use of medicinal plants is an important source of therapeutic resources in rural
communities and the wide versatility of some species may attract interest for prospecting …