Applied Ethnobotany: People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation

ISBN-13: 9781853836978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str.

Anthony Cunningham

Opis

Wild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low-cost building materials, fuel, food supplements, medicines, tools and sources of income. Despite their importance, their vulnerability to harvesting and other social impacts is not well understood. To this end, this practical guide shows how to manage wild plant species sustainably.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Anthony B. Cunningham