1st Edition

Applied Ethnobotany People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation

Edited By Anthony B. Cunningham Copyright 2001
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.' ECOS 'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.' TEG News Wild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing... Read more
Conservation and Context: Different Times, Different Views * Local Inventories, Values and Quantities of Harvested Resources * Settlement, Commercialization and Change * Measuring Individual Plants and Assessing Harvesting Impacts * Opportunities and Constraints on Sustainable Harvest: Plant Populations * Landscapes and Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes and Plant Use * Striving for Balance: Looking Outward and Inward * Acronyms and Abbreviations * Further Reading * References * Index

Biography

Anthony B. Cunningham