Product Description

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 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. Applied Ethnobotany is the first practical guide to be published on how to manage wild plant species sustainably. This detailed manual on wild plant resources sets out the approaches and field methods involved in participatory work between conservationists, researchers and the primary resource users. Supported by extensive illustrations, it explains how local people can learn to assess the pressures on plant resources and what steps to take to ensure their continued availability. For all those involved in resource management decisions regarding plant species and diversity, and in particular those studying or working in conservation, rural development and park management, this guide is invaluable. Published with WWF, UNESCO and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #707467 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.22 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

About the Author
Anthony B Cunningham
Anthony B Cunningham has worked as WWF/UNESCO/Kew People and Plants Regional Coordinator for Africa since 1992. He has wide experience of issues relating to plant conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources, gained through extensive periods of fieldwork especially in South Africa, Namibia, Uganda and Kenya. His contributions to the training of postgraduate students and other ethnobotanists in Africa have been outstanding. Meticulous work with local communities at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park led to recognition of their needs for plant resources in the park, the signing of agreements between the people and the park allowing them access to designated resources, and also helped to defuse a situation of serious conflict. His services to conservation were recognized in 1999 by IUCN–The World Conservation Union through the award of the prestigious Sir Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit.