Quantitative Ethnobotany in Bolivia: Knowledge, Use and Diversity of Plants in Quechua, Yuracaré and Trinitario Communities from the Andes and Amazon - Couverture souple

Thomas, Evert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639192001 ISBN 13 : 9783639192001

Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Global plant diversity and associated traditional knowledge systems are currently being lost at an unprecedented speed by seemingly unstoppable forces such as globalization, climate change, habitat destruction and "human progress". The need to record and preserve still existing biocultural diversity before it is irreversibly lost has never been greater. This book contributes to the biocultural knowledge of Bolivia through an ethnobotanical focus on three ethnic groups residing in the two main phytogeographic and cultural areas of Bolivia, the Andes and Amazon. The author builds upon the relatively young tradition in qualitative ethnobotany and intends to demonstrate the numerous opportunities this scientific discipline offers in hypothesis testing and interpreting human-plant relationships. In doing so, he illuminates the ethnographic and ecological features of his study populations from a wide variety of angles, ranging from performing pure ecological and traditional knowledge studies over relating plant diversity and use to assessing the impact of local people on the vegetation prevailing in their living environments.

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À propos de l?auteur

Evert Thomas holds a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences - Ethnobotany from Ghent University, Belgium. His scholarly and professional interests lie in the field of ethnobiology sensu lato, including medical and visual anthropology, human ecology, natural resource management and tropical botany and ecology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639192001
• ISBN 13: 9783639192001
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible