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Urban ethnobotany of Kolkata, India: a case study of sustainability, conservation and pluricultural use of medicinal plants in traditional herbal shops
Kolkata, due to its rich cultural heritage, displays a mixture of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Chinese medicines in its pharmacopoeia. An...
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Ethnogynecological properties of some selected local herbal plants from western Odisha: an ethnobotanical survey
Gynecology problems are common problem for women. Due to a lack of awareness about phytochemicals and herbal medicines, as well as a lack of...
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Bridging local and scientific knowledge for area-based conservation of useful plants in Colombia
While the importance of interdisciplinary approaches is increasingly recognised in conservation, bridging knowledge systems across scales remains a...
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Issues of Biodiversity Conservation and Conflict in Gorumara National Park, West Bengal, India
Gorumara National Park (GNP) in Eastern India is a vastly diverse ecosystem with various habitats and therefore has high floral and faunal diversity....
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Redefining ethics and ethics research directions for environmental studies/sciences from student evaluations
The Northeast Ethics Education Partnership (NEEP), jointly coordinated by Brown University and SUNY-ESF from 2010 to 2017, organized and implemented...
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Plants and Plant Products in Local Markets Within Benin City and Environs
The vulnerability of agriculture systems in Africa to climate change is directly and indirectly affecting the availability and diversity of plants...
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Is the vegetation archetype of the Garden of Eden located in the Irano-Turanian region and safe against climate change?
The search for the Garden of Eden has been going on for centuries. However, no one has yet attempted to associate it with the occurrence of a...
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Trees as brokers in social networks: Cascades of rights and benefits from a Cultural Keystone Species
Indigenous trees play key roles in West African landscapes, such as the néré tree ( Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don). We applied...
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Plants and Plant Products in Local Markets Within Benin City and Environs
The vulnerability of agriculture systems in Africa to climate change is directly and indirectly affecting the availability and diversity of plants...
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A quantitative ethnobotanical approach toward biodiversity conservation of useful woody species in Wari-Maro forest reserve (Benin, West Africa)
Quantitative ethnobotany researches can contribute much to guide biodiversity conservation, especially in develo** countries. Our study presents a...
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Indigenous wild plants and fungi traditionally used in folk medicine and functional food in District Neelum Azad Kashmir
Western Himalaya where District Neelum is situated is the most important source of flora and fauna, which provides handy species for the local...
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Non-timber forest products and their contribution to healthcare and livelihood security among the Karbi tribe in Northeast India
IntroductionNon-timber forest products (NTFPs) have been an essential source for food, medicine, and handicraft products among the indigenous...
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Use of medicinal plants for treating different ailments by the indigenous people of Churah subdivision of district Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India
Plants play an important role in the medicinal and healthcare regime of the people living in the remote areas of the Himalayan region, which can be...
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Poverty Reduction Strategies and Non-timber Forest Products
The first of the 17 Global Goals that make up the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. Although the...
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Approach to ESIA
This chapter describes the ESIA process from the point of view of somebody involved in preparing such reports, and it describes the process from the...
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Case Studies
Ethnobotany and especially ethnoecology are only at the beginning of their development and perhaps that is why there are so few methodological...
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Traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants in a “quilombola” community in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil
Plant resources are essential to the survival of the human species, and they play several important roles in maintaining the quality of life. The...
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College Students and Nature: Differing Thoughts of Fear, Danger, Disconnection, and Loathing
Despite the existence of a robust body of research that investigates human–nature connections, few scholars have examined what people tend to ponder...
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The contributions of UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme and biosphere reserves to the practice of sustainability science
Sustainability science as a transdisciplinary academic field has taken off since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Recent reflections have...
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How do people select plants for use? Matching the Ecological Apparency Hypothesis with Optimal Foraging Theory
The present study aimed to understand human plant resource usage strategies in the context of the Ecological Apparency Hypothesis and Optimal...