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Applied Ethnobotany: People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation (People & Plants Conservation Manual)
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Product Description
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. The manual looks at the value and management of wild plant resources and sets out the approaches and field methods involved in participatory work between conservationists and researchers and the primary resource users. It explains how local people can assess the pressures on plant resources.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #947143 in Books
- Published on: 2001-02-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"One of the book's most important strengths is the excellent didactical presentation of the material.. the numerous maps and other figures provide excellent visual material. The book can be highly recommended to anyone interested in the conservation and sustainable use of tropical landscapes and is particularly useful in the context of biological approaches." -- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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.
