Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India
The study aims to assess the contribution of local and traded biodiversity towards community health care. A total of 106 knowledge holders from the Aatha Pallar community were interviewed and medicinal uses for 70 local plants and 28 plant products purchased from the market were recorded. The Pharma...
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| author | Mary, D. Franco, F Babu, V. |
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| description | The study aims to assess the contribution of local and traded biodiversity towards community health care. A total of 106 knowledge holders from the Aatha Pallar community were interviewed and medicinal uses for 70 local plants and 28 plant products purchased from the market were recorded. The Pharmacological Ethnobotanical index was found to be low suggesting knowledge erosion. About 13 plant species used by the community show high Use Value Indices. A majority of the plants used in the community’s medicinal system come from the immediate locality and only a minor part comes from the market, though ones from the market tend to have high use value indexes. The study illustrates that local medicinal plant diversity is important for community health care, which in turn, ensures conservation of the local medicinal plant diversity. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-436742017-01-30T15:09:09Z Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India Mary, D. Franco, F Babu, V. Local biodiversity Scheduled - caste Trade Traditional knowledge Biodiversity and health Biodiversity conservation The study aims to assess the contribution of local and traded biodiversity towards community health care. A total of 106 knowledge holders from the Aatha Pallar community were interviewed and medicinal uses for 70 local plants and 28 plant products purchased from the market were recorded. The Pharmacological Ethnobotanical index was found to be low suggesting knowledge erosion. About 13 plant species used by the community show high Use Value Indices. A majority of the plants used in the community’s medicinal system come from the immediate locality and only a minor part comes from the market, though ones from the market tend to have high use value indexes. The study illustrates that local medicinal plant diversity is important for community health care, which in turn, ensures conservation of the local medicinal plant diversity. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43674 http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/view/568 University of Hawaii Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Local biodiversity Scheduled - caste Trade Traditional knowledge Biodiversity and health Biodiversity conservation Mary, D. Franco, F Babu, V. Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title | Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title_full | Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title_short | Assessing the Contribution of Local and Traded Biodiversity in Community Health Care: A case study from Keelakodankulam village, South India |
| title_sort | assessing the contribution of local and traded biodiversity in community health care: a case study from keelakodankulam village, south india |
| topic | Local biodiversity Scheduled - caste Trade Traditional knowledge Biodiversity and health Biodiversity conservation |
| url | http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/view/568 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43674 |