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Ethnoecology of miriti (Mauritia flexuosa, L.f.) fruit extraction in the Brazilian Amazon: knowledge and practices of riverine peoples contribute to the biodiversity conservation J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Flávio Bezerra Barros; Fagner Freires de Sousa; Josiele Pantoja de Andrade; Fabrício Menezes Ramos; Camila Vieira-da-Silva
This article presents, from an ethnoecological perspective, the worldviews, traditional knowledge, and cultural practices of Amazonian riverine people involved in the extraction of miriti fruits (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.), in a context of increasing market demand for miriti fruits and of pressure for the intensification of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) production on the Sirituba island, in Abaetetuba
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Participatory analysis of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cropping system and production constraints in Burkina Faso J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Boubacar Sinare; Amos Miningou; Baloua Nebié; John Eleblu; Ofori Kwadwo; Appolinaire Traoré; Bertin Zagre; Haile Desmae
Groundnut is one of the major legume crops grown as food and cash crop across the different agroecological zones of Burkina Faso. It is ranked the 2nd important legume crop for household food, nutrition, and income generation for both rural and urban zones, contributing significantly to food supply and economy of the country. Despite its importance and breeding efforts to develop improved varieties
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Indigenous biosystematics of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Southwest Ethiopia: folk taxonomy, ethnolinguistic analysis, and folk descriptors J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2021-01-02 Tsegaye Babege Worojie; Bizuayehu Tesfaye Asfaw; Wendawek Abebe Mengesha
In Southwest Ethiopia, various plant species are coexisting in wild and cultivated forms. This provides an ideal setting for studying folk biosystematics of neglected species. One of such species is the Dioscorea species, in which we studied to assess the commonly applied folk wisdom of identifying, naming, and classifying yams by Sheko and Bench farmers. This study was conducted in Bench-Maji and
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Taming the pandemic? The importance of homemade plant-based foods and beverages as community responses to COVID-19 J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-12-09 Andrea Pieroni; Ina Vandebroek; Julia Prakofjewa; Rainer W. Bussmann; Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana; Alfred Maroyi; Luisa Torri; Dauro M. Zocchi; Ashley T. K. Dam; Shujaul M. Khan; Habib Ahmad; Yeter Yeşil; Ryan Huish; Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana; Andrei Mocan; Xuebo Hu; Odara Boscolo; Renata Sõukand
Household responses to COVID-19 in different corners of the world represent the primary health care that communities have relied on for preventing and mitigating symptoms. During a very complex and confusing time, in which public health services in multiple countries have been completely overwhelmed, and in some cases even collapsed, these first-line household responses have been quintessential for
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Traditional medicinal plants in South Tyrol (northern Italy, southern Alps): biodiversity and use J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Joshua Petelka; Barbara Plagg; Ina Säumel; Stefan Zerbe
Worldwide mountain regions are recognized as hotspots of ethnopharmacologically relevant species diversity. In South Tyrol (Southern Alps, Italy), and due to the region’s high plant diversity and isolated population, a unique traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants has flourished, which traces its history back to prehistoric times. However, changes in rural life and culture may threaten
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The secret of health in daily cuisine: typical healthy vegetables in local markets in central Myanmar J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Yu Zhang; Jian-Wen Li; Myint Myint San; Cory William Whitney; Thae Thae San; Xue-Fei Yang; Aye Mya Mon; Pyae Phyo Hein
Central Myanmar is located in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, and the Bamar people are the main ethnic group, which settled there over 1000 years ago. Despite being the core region of the country, central Myanmar has been ignored in previous ethnobotanical studies. Local healthy foods and knowledge are regarded as treasures for resource development and pharmaceutical drug discovery, and market
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Catalan ethnoflora: a meta-analytic approach to life forms and geographic territories J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Airy Gras; Montse Parada; Joan Vallès; Teresa Garnatje
Catalonia (in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula) is among the most prospected territories in Europe, from the ethnobotanical point of view. The aim of the present paper is to undertake a global analysis in the area considered, including plants, plant life forms, and ethnobotanical data within a physiographic and geographic framework. Data from 21 ethnobotanical prospection areas in Catalonia
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Medicinal ethnobotany of wild plants: a cross-cultural comparison around Georgia-Turkey border, the Western Lesser Caucasus J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Ceren Kazancı; Soner Oruç; Marine Mosulishvili
The Mountains of the Western Lesser Caucasus with its rich plant diversity, multicultural and multilingual nature host diverse ethnobotanical knowledge related to medicinal plants. However, cross-cultural medicinal ethnobotany and patterns of plant knowledge have not yet been investigated in the region. Doing so could highlight the salient medicinal plant species and show the variations between communities
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Cultural keystone species revisited: are we asking the right questions? J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Michael A. Coe; Orou G. Gaoue
The cultural keystone species theory predicts plant species that are culturally important, play a role in resource acquisition, fulfil a psycho-socio-cultural function within a given culture, have high use-value, have an associated naming and terminology in a native language, and a high level of species irreplaceability qualify for cultural keystone species designation. This theory was proposed as
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“Peruvian balsam”: an example of transoceanic transfer of medicinal knowledge J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Angela Schottenhammer
Connections between China and the new Spanish colonies in America are known for an exchange of silver for silks and porcelains. That also medicinal drugs and medicinal knowledge crossed the Pacific Ocean is hardly known or discussed. Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms var. pereirae (Royle) Harms (“New World“ or “Peruvian balsam“) is a botanical balsam that has a long history of medicinal use, particularly
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Ethnoichthyology of freshwater fish in Europe: a review of vanishing traditional fisheries and their cultural significance in changing landscapes from the later medieval period with a focus on northern Europe J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-30 Ingvar Svanberg; Alison Locker
Fishing is probably one of the oldest economic activities in the history of humankind. Lakes, rivers and streams in Europe are important elements in the European landscape with a rich diversity of fish and other aquatic organisms. Artisanal fisheries have therefore been of great importance for the provision of food, but also animal feed, medicine, fertilizer and other needs. These fishermen had a deep
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Urban gardening and neglected and underutilized species in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-29 Manuela Alves da Cunha; Lidice Almeida Arlego Paraguassú; José Geraldo de Aquino Assis; Arthur Benjamin de Paula Carvalho Silva; Ryzia de Cassia Vieira Cardoso
Urban agriculture has been evidenced as a food production and environmental sustainability strategy, although it faces many obstacles in Latin American countries. Additionally, in urban areas, low consumption of fruit and greenery is noticeable, along with loss in food diversity, including the neglected and underutilized species (NUS), which involve potential to strengthen local food systems. For this
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Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by three trans-boundary ethnic groups in Jiangcheng County, Pu’er, Southwest China J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Yilin Cao; Ren Li; Shishun Zhou; Liang Song; Ruichang Quan; Huabin Hu
Dai, Hani, and Yao people, in the trans-boundary region between China, Laos, and Vietnam, have gathered plentiful traditional knowledge about wild edible plants during their long history of understanding and using natural resources. The ecologically rich environment and the multi-ethnic integration provide a valuable foundation and driving force for high biodiversity and cultural diversity in this
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Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal flora of Harighal, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Muhammad Shoaib Amjad; Ujala Zahoor; Rainer W. Bussmann; Muhammad Altaf; Syed Mubashar Hussain Gardazi; Arshad Mehmood Abbasi
The present study is the first quantitative ethnobotanical evaluation of Harighal, an inaccessible and unexplored area of District Bagh Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). The exploration, quantification, and comparison of ethnobotanical knowledge among different rural communities of the study area were mainly focused during field survey. In total, 79 informants (49 men and 34 women) were selected randomly
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Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka people in southeastern Cameroon J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Pascal Eric Billong Fils; Natacha Afiong Nana; Jean Lagarde Betti; Oumar Farick Njimbam; Stéphanie Tientcheu Womeni; Eva Ávila Martin; Guillermo Ros Brull; Robert Okale; John E. Fa; Stephan M. Funk
Forest inhabitants worldwide, and indigenous people especially, have depended for generations on plants and animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka hunter-gatherer populations in south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised in the 1950s, but still rely on hunting and gathering to meet their basic needs. The use of wild edible plants (WEP) by these communities remains largely undocumented
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Bamboos for weaving and relevant traditional knowledge in Sansui, Southwest China J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-20 Binsheng Luo; Selena Ahmed; Chunlin Long
Traditional bamboo weaving has been practiced for centuries in Sansui, a county dominated by the Miao people, in Guizhou province of Southwest China. Sansui bamboo weaving represents an intangible cultural heritage as defined by UNESCO, but, like many other traditional handicrafts in China, it has suffered a downfall in this period of rapid development. Sansui bamboo weaving is now experiencing a renaissance
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Utilitarian redundancy in local medical systems - theoretical and methodological contributions J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-16 Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros; Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior; Fabiane da Silva Queiroz
The utilitarian redundancy model (URM) is one of the recent contributions to ethnobiology. We argue that URM can be applied to access use-pressure on plant species, the resilience of socioecological systems (e.g., local medical systems), cultural keystone species, and the role of exotic species in social-ecological systems. Based on previous URM studies, we also emphasize the need to differ practical
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Ethnobotanical study on plants used for traditional beekeeping by Dulong people in Yunnan, China J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 Zhuo Cheng; Binsheng Luo; Qiong Fang; Chunlin Long
The Dulong (Drung) people have used plant materials in traditional beekeeping for many decades. However, there are few studies on the plants used in traditional beekeeping. Furthermore, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) associated with beekeeping is still poorly understood. TEK and plants associated with beekeeping play an important role in the conservation of native bees and the development of
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Wild edible plants collected and consumed by the locals in Daqinggou, Inner Mongolia, China J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Sachula; Geilebagan; Yan-ying Zhang; Hui Zhao; Khasbagan
Knowledge of wild edible plants is an important part of traditional knowledge. It is closely related to traditional human agriculture, as well as biodiversity. This study aimed to conduct a detailed investigation and evaluation of wild edible plants that are collected and consumed by the Mongolian and Han locals in Daqinggou and to provide valuable data for the development and utilization of plant
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The socio-cultural significance of mineral licks to the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon: implications for the sustainable management of hunting J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-07 Michael P. Gilmore; Brian M. Griffiths; Mark Bowler
The overhunting of wild species is a major threat to biodiversity in the Amazon; yet, managed, sustainable hunting is widely considered part of the solution to conserving wildlife populations. Hunting is both a culturally important activity for Indigenous people and provides an important food source. Mineral licks, a focal point of hunting in Amazonia, are naturally occurring areas in the forest where
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Renegotiating situativity: transformations of local herbal knowledge in a Western Alpine valley during the past 40 years J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Michele F. Fontefrancesco; Andrea Pieroni
Mountain environments are fragile socio-ecological systems and the conservation of their biological and cultural diversities— seen as co-evolving, strongly intertwined entities—represents a crucial issue for fostering their sustainability. Very few ethnobiological studies have assessed in the mountainous regions of Europe how local botanical knowledge, which represents a vital portion of the local
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Expanding the reach: ethnobotanical knowledge and technological intensification in beekeeping among the Ogiek of the Mau Forest, Kenya J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Dauro Mattia Zocchi; Gabriele Volpato; Duncan Chalo; Patrick Mutiso; Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco
Initiatives for beekeeping intensification across the tropics can foster production and income, but the changes triggered by the introduction of modern beehives might permeate traditional knowledge and practices in multiple ways, and as such should be investigated and understood. We conducted an ethnobotanical study in the Eastern part of the Mau Forest among Ogiek beekeepers who customarily practice
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Richness of non-timber forest products in Himalayan communities-diversity, distribution, use pattern and conservation status. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Haseeb Ul Rashid Masoodi,R C Sundriyal
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are important resources for sustenance of rural communities; a systematic planning to manage diverse NTFPs may immensely contribute to food and livelihood security of forest dwellers. Considering this, the present study has been undertaken in the Himachal Pradesh state in north India. It aims to provide detailed information on diversity, distribution, use pattern
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The uses of fig (Ficus) by five ethnic minority communities in Southern Shan State, Myanmar. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Aye Mya Mon,Yinxian Shi,Xuefei Yang,Pyae Phyo Hein,Thaung Naing Oo,Cory W Whitney,Yongping Yang
Most regions of Myanmar fall within the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot and are threatened with biodiversity loss. Development of a comprehensive framework for sustainable development is crucial. Figs are ecological keystone species within these regions and are also important for traditional spiritual food and health uses, which often have accompanying conservation practices. The traditional use and
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Phytotherapies in motion: French Guiana as a case study for cross-cultural ethnobotanical hybridization. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 M-A Tareau,A Bonnefond,M Palisse,G Odonne
French Guiana is characterized by a very multicultural population, made up of formerly settled groups (Amerindians, Maroons, Creoles) and more recent migrants (mostly from Latin America and the Caribbean). It is the ideal place to try to understand the influence of intercultural exchanges on the composition of medicinal floras and the evolution of phytotherapies under the effect of cross-culturalism
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Folk classification of wild mushrooms from San Isidro Buensuceso, Tlaxcala, Central Mexico. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Roberto Carlos Reyes-López,Adriana Montoya,Alejandro Kong,Ezequiel Alberto Cruz-Campuzano,Javier Caballero-Nieto
An ethnomycological study was conducted to describe the fungus concept and the traditional fungus classification system for the Nahuas of San Isidro Buensuceso, in central Mexico. The study which provides information on the co-existence of various forms of classification, based on both cultural and biological characteristics. The research included conducting community interviews and forest forays in
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Patterns in the transmission of traditional ecological knowledge: a case study from Arnhem Land, Australia. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Aung Si
The loss of traditional ecological knowledge in endangered language communities is a cause of concern worldwide. Given the state of current knowledge, it is difficult to say whether language and TEK transmission levels are correlated, i.e. whether the erosion of one is accompanied by erosion of the other. This case study, focusing on a small Indigenous language from northern Australia, represents a
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Prohibited, but still present: local and traditional knowledge about the practice and impact of forest grazing by domestic livestock in Hungary. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-09-10 Anna Varga,László Demeter,Viktor Ulicsni,Kinga Öllerer,Marianna Biró,Dániel Babai,Zsolt Molnár
Forests have been grazed for millennia. Around the world, forest grazing by livestock became a controversial management practice, gradually restricted in many countries over the past 250 years. This was also the case in most Central and Eastern European countries, including Hungary, where forest grazing was a legally prohibited activity between 1961 and 2017. Until the 2010s, ecologists and nature
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The best choices: the diversity and functions of the plants in the home gardens of the Tsang-la (Motuo Menba) communities in Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Southwest China. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-31 Yu Zhang,Li-Xin Yang,Ming-Xiang Li,Yong-Jie Guo,Shan Li,Yu-Hua Wang
Home garden is identified as a kind of small-scale land-use system which is used to manage and cultivate useful plants by local people, and home gardens can provide various plant products and services. Investigating home gardens was regarded as an effective way to understand the biodiversity-related local knowledge and culture of native people in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Home garden is important
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"It may also have prevented churchgoers from falling asleep": southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum L. (fam. Asteraceae), in the church bouquet, and its contemporary presence as a heritage plant in Sweden. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Ingvar Svanberg,Erik de Vahl
Southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum L., is a plant that has been cultivated for centuries. Most probable is that it has its origin in the eastern Mediterranean area. It has been kept for its fragrance and has a history of being a medicinal and insect-repellent plant. In earlier centuries, the plant was commonly found in peasants’ gardens in Sweden and utilised especially as a component in the bouquets
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Medicinal dietary plants of the Yi in Mile, Yunnan, China. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Jingxian Sun,Yong Xiong,Yanhong Li,Qingsong Yang,Yijian Chen,Mengyuan Jiang,Yukui Li,Hongrui Li,Zizhen Bi,Xiangzhong Huang,Shugang Lu
The Yi is the largest ethnic group in Yunnan Province (China), with a population of five million. The Yi people tend to live in mountainous areas, and their culture includes a unique dietary system for treating and protecting people against illnesses. Medicinal plants occupy an essential place in the Yi diet because they play a key role in health and the prevention and treatment of diseases. However
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Correction to: Local preferences for three indigenous oil-seed plants and attitudes towards their conservation in the Kénédougou province of Burkina Faso, West-Africa. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Fanta Reine Sheirita Tiétiambou,Kolawolé Valère Salako,Jésukpégo Roméo Tohoun,Amadé Ouédraogo
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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An ethnoveterinary study on medicinal plants used by the Buyi people in Southwest Guizhou, China. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 Yong Xiong,Chunlin Long
The Buyi (Bouyei) people in Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest Guizhou, China, have used medicinal plants and traditional remedies for ethnoveterinary practices, such as treating domestic animals during livestock breeding, since ancient times. However, the unique ethnoveterinary practices of the Buyi have rarely been recorded. This study aimed to identify the plants used in their
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Mazri (Nannorrhops ritchiana (Griff) Aitch.): a remarkable source of manufacturing traditional handicrafts, goods and utensils in Pakistan. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 Abdullah,Shujaul Mulk Khan,Andrea Pieroni,Zahoor Ul Haq,Zeeshan Ahmad
Mazri palm (Nannorrhops ritchiana (Griff) Aitch.) is a member of the family Arecaceae, native to Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. In Pakistan, it is used since long time for various purposes. This species plays a significant cultural and economic role in the daily lives of many rural areas in Pakistan and adjacent countries. However, the handcrafted products made up of this palm
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Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Graziela Dias Blanco,Rafael Barbizan Sühs,Escarlet Brizola,Patrícia Figueiredo Corrêa,Mari Lucia Campos,Natalia Hanazaki
Mining activities have environmental impacts due to sediment movement and contamination of areas and may also pose risks to people’s food security. In Brazil, the majority of coal mining activities are in the south, in the Santa Catarina carboniferous region. In this region, previously mined areas contaminated with heavy metals frequently occur nearby inhabited zones. Mining is part of the daily lives
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Local preferences for three indigenous oil-seed plants and attitudes towards their conservation in the Kénédougou province of Burkina Faso, West-Africa. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Fanta Reine Sheirita Tiétiambou,Kolawolé Valère Salako,Jésukpégo Roméo Tohoun,Amadé Ouédraogo
Carapa procera, Lophira lanceolata, and Pentadesma butyracea are three underutilized but increasingly threatened indigenous oil-seed tree species (IOS) in tropical Africa. Because local knowledge is vital for sustainable management, this study investigated the socio-economic factors that explain local people’s (i) preferences for these IOS, (ii) attitudes toward their conservation, and (iii) ability
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Home gardens' agrobiodiversity and owners' knowledge of their ecological, economic and socio-cultural multifunctionality: a case study in the lowlands of Tabasco, México. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Teresita Avilez-López,Hans van der Wal,Elda Miriam Aldasoro-Maya,Ulises Rodríguez-Robles
Home gardens (HGs) are hotspots of in situ agrobiodiversity conservation. We conducted a case study in Tabasco, México, on HG owners’ knowledge of HG ecological, economical and socio-cultural multifunctionality and how it relates to agrobiodiversity as measured by species richness and diversity. The term multifunctionality knowledge refers to owners’ knowledge on how HGs contribute to ecological processes
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Knowledge transmission patterns at the border: ethnobotany of Hutsuls living in the Carpathian Mountains of Bukovina (SW Ukraine and NE Romania). J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-07-10 Giulia Mattalia,Nataliya Stryamets,Andrea Pieroni,Renata Sõukand
Cross-border research is a novel and important tool for detecting variability of ecological knowledge. This is especially evident in regions recently divided and annexed to different political regimes. Therefore, we conducted a study among Hutsuls, a cultural and linguistic minority group living in Northern and Southern Bukovina (Ukraine and Romania, respectively). Indeed, in the 1940s, a border was
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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Mulam people in Guangxi, China. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Renchuan Hu,Chunrui Lin,Weibin Xu,Yan Liu,Chunlin Long
The Mulam are an ethnic group native to Guangxi, and nearly 80% of the Mulam population lives in Luocheng Mulam Autonomous County, northern Guangxi, southern China. They have accumulated rich medicinal folk knowledge through practice and experience in their long-term struggles with disease and the harsh natural environment. However, their traditional medicinal knowledge is threatened due to a lack
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The governance of traditional medicine and herbal remedies in the selected local markets of Western Kenya. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-26 Willy Kibet Chebii,John Kaunga Muthee,Karatu Kiemo
A lot of emphasis is often placed on modern governance systems and little or no attention is given to traditional governance practices which remain largely undocumented. The study aimed at finding out important traditional and modern governance practices that regulate traditional medicine sector in Western Kenya. The study was carried out in selected market centres of Western Kenya where the identified
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The use of fish and herptiles in traditional folk therapies in three districts of Chenab riverine area in Punjab, Pakistan. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-24 Muhammad Altaf,Arshad Mehmood Abbasi,Muhammad Umair,Muhammad Shoaib Amjad,Kinza Irshad,Abdul Majid Khan
Like botanical taxa, various species of animals are also used in traditional and modern health care systems. Present study was intended with the aim to document the traditional uses of herptile and fish species among the local communities in the vicinity of the River Chenab, Punjab Pakistan. Data collected by semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were subsequently analyzed using relative frequency
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How practice in plant collection influences interactions with illustrations and written texts on local plants? A case study from Daghestan, North Caucasus. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-23 Iwona Kaliszewska,Iwa Kołodziejska
It is only recently that written sources of local knowledge on plants are not being ignored by scholars as not belonging to “traditional” knowledge. Ethnobotanical texts, however, if they at all focus on knowledge from written sources, hardly ever pay any attention to the actual processes of interaction with written texts and illustrations. During our research, we examined people’s interactions with
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Local knowledge about sustainable harvesting and availability of wild medicinal plant species in Lemnos island, Greece. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-19 Dimitrios Papageorgiou,Penelope J Bebeli,Maria Panitsa,Christoph Schunko
In Europe and the Mediterranean, over-exploitation and destructive harvesting techniques have been identified as two critical threats affecting the sustainable harvesting of wild medicinal plant (WMP) species. However, unsustainable harvesting is not an issue everywhere and localized assessments are needed. Local knowledge has been praised for its potential for local short-term assessments. In this
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Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-15 Joe Rayl McBride,Rita Yolanda Cavero,Anna Liisa Cheshire,María Isabel Calvo,Deborah Lea McBride
Missions were established in California in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to convert Native Americans to Christianity and enculturate them into a class of laborers for Californios (Spanish/Mexican settler). The concentration of large numbers of Native Americans at the Missions, along with the introduction of European diseases, led to serious disease problems. Medicinal supplies brought to
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Filling the gaps: ethnobotanical study of the Garrigues district, an arid zone in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 Airy Gras,Joan Vallès,Teresa Garnatje
This study has focused on the Garrigues district, one of the most arid regions in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), which, in general terms, has remained unexplored from the ethnobotanical point of view. This area, of 22,243 inhabitants, comprises 33 municipalities distributed across 1123.12 km2. The natural vegetation is dominated by holm oak forests and maquis called ‘garriga’, the latter giving
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Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-08 Jessica P R Thorn,Thomas F Thornton,Ariella Helfgott,Kathy J Willis
Despite a rapidly accumulating evidence base quantifying ecosystem services, the role of biodiversity in the maintenance of ecosystem services in shared human-nature environments is still understudied, as is how indigenous and agriculturally dependent communities perceive, use, and manage biodiversity. The present study aims to document traditional ethnobotanical knowledge of the ecosystem service
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Environmental interactions between people and birds in semiarid lands of the Zapotitlán Valley, Central Mexico. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-05 Yessica Angélica Romero-Bautista,Ana Isabel Moreno-Calles,Fernando Alvarado-Ramos,Maurino Reyes Castillo,Alejandro Casas
Birds have been among the most important element in lives of humans around the world, due to their presence and abundance in practically all ecosystems. Zapotitlán Salinas, a community of the Tehuacán Valley, has been a site of interest for studying ecology of bird communities, but no previous studies addressing the relationship between humans and birds have been conducted in the area. Based on their
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Ethnobotany of dye plants in Southern Italy, Mediterranean Basin: floristic catalog and two centuries of analysis of traditional botanical knowledge heritage. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 A Prigioniero,A Geraci,R Schicchi,M Tartaglia,D Zuzolo,P Scarano,M Marziano,A Postiglione,R Sciarrillo,C Guarino
Since ancient times, man has learned to use plants to obtain natural dyes, but this traditional botanical knowledge (TBK) is eroding. In the late, during, and the early 1800s, there was an increase in research related to dye species, and this allowed the development of industry and economy in rural contexts of Southern Italy. Today, dyes are mainly obtained from synthetic products, and this leads to
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The ability of artisanal fishers to recognize the dolphins they cooperate with. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-29 Daiane S X da Rosa,Natalia Hanazaki,Maurício Cantor,Paulo C Simões-Lopes,Fábio G Daura-Jorge
Human-animal interactions with mutual benefits in the wild are rare. Such positive interactions seem to require an intricate knowledge from the human side on the animals’ behavior and their habitat. In southern Brazil, dolphins and human net-casting fishers have specialized in a cooperative foraging, in which fishers report being able to identify and name dolphins. Here, we evaluate the consensus in
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Ethnomedicinal knowledge of a marginal hill community of Central Himalaya: diversity, usage pattern, and conservation concerns. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-24 S N Ojha,Deepti Tiwari,Aryan Anand,R C Sundriyal
BACKGROUND Indigenous communities use wild plants to cure human ailments since ancient times; such knowledge has significant potential for formulating new drugs and administering future health care. Considering this, the present study was undertaken to assess use value, diversity, and conservation concerns of medicinal plants used in traditional herbal care system of a marginal hill community in Bageshwar
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Bear bile use at the intersection of maternal health in Cambodia. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-24 Elizabeth Oneita Davis,Mhairi Gibson,Thona Lim,Jenny Anne Glikman
BACKGROUND The consumption of bear gallbladders and bear bile in Southeast Asia is a persistent threat to bear populations. As part of a larger effort to understand the characteristics of bear part consumption in Cambodia, we uncovered a consumer base of women seeking treatment for post-partum and uterine ailments. METHODS To better understand this aspect of consumption, we interviewed 122 women in
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Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-24 Alemtshay Teka,Zemede Asfaw,Sebsebe Demissew,Patrick Van Damme
BACKGROUND Ethnic groups throughout the world have developed their own cultures expressed in the form of customs, taboos, and traditional healthcare systems. Traditional medicine system is one of the widespread cultures known throughout the world which is very much tied to cultural practices of the community or ethnic group. Medicinal plant treasure found in Gurage and Silti zones remained poorly characterized
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Wild plants and fungi sold in the markets of Yerevan (Armenia). J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-19 Siranush Nanagulyan,Narine Zakaryan,Nune Kartashyan,Renata Piwowarczyk,Łukasz Łuczaj
BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to record wild plants and fungi sold in the capital of Armenia. This is the first large market survey in the Caucasus region. The area of the Caucasus is characterised by a very high diversity of climates, flora and languages which results in very rich traditions of plant use. METHODS Interviews were conducted and photos and voucher specimens were taken during multiple
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Ethnoveterinary plants of Pakistan: a review. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-15 Muhammad Abdul Aziz,Amir Hasan Khan,Andrea Pieroni
BACKGROUND Ethnoveterinary medicine is crucial in many rural areas of the world since people living in remote and marginal areas rely significantly on traditional herbal therapies to treat their domestic animals. In Pakistan, communities residing in remote areas, and especially those still attached to pastoralist traditions, have considerable ethnoveterinary herbal knowledge and they sometimes use
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On-farm management and participatory evaluation of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millspaugh) diversity across the agro-ecological zones of the Republic of Benin. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-13 Géofroy Kinhoégbè,Gustave Djèdatin,Laura Estelle Yêyinou Loko,Abraham Gnimansou Favi,Aristide Adomou,Clément Agbangla,Alexandre Dansi
BACKGROUND Pigeonpea is a multipurpose food legume crop that contributes to food security in the Republic of Benin. For the establishment of conservation and breeding programs, previous ethnobotanical surveys on pigeonpea were done in Benin but restricted to south and central regions. In previous years, pigeonpea landraces were introduced in northern Benin for soil fertility management; it is therefore
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Local and scientific knowledge in the school context: characterization and content of published works. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-06 Maria Carolina Sotero,Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves,Janaina Kelli Gomes Arandas,Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros
BACKGROUND Bridging the gap between local and scientific knowledge can have useful implications in the teaching-learning process because it can create environments conducive to the valorization of sociocultural diversity in schools. The present review aims to analyze the profile and contributions of scientific publications dealing with articulations between local and scientific knowledge in basic formal
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Domestication of aromatic medicinal plants in Mexico: Agastache (Lamiaceae)-an ethnobotanical, morpho-physiological, and phytochemical analysis. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Guadalupe Carrillo-Galván,Robert Bye,Luis E Eguiarte,Sol Cristians,Pablo Pérez-López,Francisco Vergara-Silva,Mario Luna-Cavazos
BACKGROUND Most reports of domesticated plants that involve a domestication gradient or inter-specific hybridization in Mexico have focused on those used as food. This study provides knowledge about these processes in two aromatic medicinal plants, Agastache mexicana (Lamiaceae) and A. m. subsp. xolocotziana, widely used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments
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Fauna and conservation in the context of formal education: a study of urban and rural students in the semi-arid region of Brazil. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 José Valberto de Oliveira,Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva,Anna Karolina Martins Borges,Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto,Sérgio de Faria Lopes,Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão,Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza,Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
BACKGROUND In addition to playing a key role in the dynamics of ecosystems, animal diversity, especially that of wild vertebrates, is intimately linked with human evolutionary history, which has resulted in diverse interactions that must be emphasized in formal education processes. We analyzed several methods of approaches used for biological education in order to teach about wild vertebrates and their
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"The plants have axé": investigating the use of plants in Afro-Brazilian religions of Santa Catarina Island. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. (IF 2.264) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 Tiago Santos Pagnocca,Sofia Zank,Natalia Hanazaki
BACKGROUND Cultural and religious practices of African origin have decisively influenced traditional health practices in the Americas since the African diaspora. Plants are core elements in the religions of African origin. Compared with other parts of Brazil where the Afro-Brazilian presence is widely recognized, in Southern Brazil, these cultural practices are often socially invisible. Yet, there
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