Local knowledge in community-based approaches to medicinal plant conservation
Lessons from India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4622967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shailesh Shukla (0000-0001-6003-8551, University of Manitoba, corresponding author), James S Gardner (University of Manitoba), James Gardner (0009-0002-5177-130X) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-20 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-2-20 |
| PMID | 16603082 |
| PMCID | PMC1459109 |
| OpenAlex | W2155957969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
Despite the high reliance on the local medicinal knowledge systems for health needs in India, the formal policies and national support structures are inadequate for traditional systems of medicine and almost absent for folk medicine. On the other hand, NGOs like the RCMPCC have demonstrated that community-based and local approaches such as local healer's workshops and village biologist program can synergistically forge linkages between local knowledge with the formal sciences (in this case botany and ecology) and generate positive impacts at various levels
Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Local community · Local government · Political science · Public relations · Traditional knowledge · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture · Law · Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants · Public Administration · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |