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How does urbanization affect perceptions and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants?
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-03 , DOI: 10.1186/s13002-021-00473-w
Cecilia Arjona-García 1 , José Blancas 1 , Leonardo Beltrán-Rodríguez 2 , Citlalli López Binnqüist 3 , Hortensia Colín Bahena 4 , Ana Isabel Moreno-Calles 5 , José Antonio Sierra-Huelsz 6 , Xavier López-Medellín 1
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The use and knowledge of medicinal plants play an essential role in community health in rural Mexico. Medicinal plants are part of the local heritage and provide a source of economic income. Nevertheless, knowledge of their use has declined due to factors like accelerated urbanization. Some authors have proposed that by reducing natural spaces, urbanization generates changes that impact the recognition, use, and management of natural resources. Here, we evaluate how urbanization affects the knowledge, use, and perception of medicinal plants in a Biosphere Reserve in Mexico. Using a mixed methodology including quantitative and qualitative analyses, we generated a list of medicinal plants, methods of preparation, prevalence of illness, and use in two communities with different degrees of urbanization. A total of 217 medicinal plants were identified. The more urbanized community had greater knowledge of, and used, a larger number of introduced plant species, while the less urbanized community used and had more knowledge about wild plants. One of the factors explaining these differences was occupation, with people who work outdoors showing greater knowledge of wild plants. Urbanization can lead to a loss of knowledge of the use and management of local wild species, with implications for the conservation of biocultural heritage. Substitution of native medicinal plants by introduced species shows disinterest and disuse in the local medicinal flora, which could be reflected in their ecosystems.

中文翻译:

城市化如何影响对药用植物的认知和传统知识?

药用植物的使用和知识在墨西哥农村的社区健康中起着至关重要的作用。药用植物是当地遗产的一部分,是经济收入的来源。然而,由于城市化加速等因素,对其使用的了解有所下降。一些作者提出,通过减少自然空间,城市化会产生影响自然资源的识别、使用和管理的变化。在这里,我们评估城市化如何影响墨西哥生物圈保护区药用植物的知识、使用和感知。使用包括定量和定性分析在内的混合方法,我们生成了一份药用植物清单、制备方法、疾病流行情况以及在两个城市化程度不同的社区中的使用情况。共鉴定出217种药用植物。城市化程度越高的社区对大量引进植物物种的了解和使用越多,而城市化程度较低的社区对野生植物的使用和了解越多。解释这些差异的因素之一是职业,户外工作的人对野生植物的了解更多。城市化可能导致当地野生物种使用和管理知识的丧失,对生物文化遗产的保护产生影响。引入物种替代本地药用植物表明对当地药用植物群不感兴趣和不使用,这可以反映在它们的生态系统中。解释这些差异的因素之一是职业,户外工作的人对野生植物的了解更多。城市化可能导致对当地野生物种的使用和管理知识的丧失,对生物文化遗产的保护产生影响。引进物种替代本地药用植物表明对当地药用植物群不感兴趣和不使用,这可以反映在它们的生态系统中。解释这些差异的因素之一是职业,户外工作的人对野生植物的了解更多。城市化可能导致对当地野生物种的使用和管理知识的丧失,对生物文化遗产的保护产生影响。引进物种替代本地药用植物表明对当地药用植物群不感兴趣和不使用,这可以反映在它们的生态系统中。
更新日期:2021-08-03
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