ISBN:
9783030472542
Series Statement:
Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions
Content:
Preface -- Caatinga Ecosystem: A Geo-Environmental and Human Look -- Comparative Ethnobotanical Study Between Plain Regions and Mountain Regions in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects that Influence the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in Caatinga -- Social Vulnerability and Dependence on Plant Resources in Caatinga -- People-Guided Reconstruction of the Plant Landscape: The Effect of Breeding in Caatinga Environments -- Sociocultural Aspects and Management for Biocultural Conservation in Caatinga -- Living Agroecological Experiences in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- Jurema: A Sacred Plant in Northeastern Brazil -- Can Landscape Transformations Change the Use and Selection Criteria for Domestic Timber Resources? A Case Study in the Serrote do Amparo Community, Santana do Ipanema-Alagoas -- Ethnobotanical Uses and Anatomical Structure of Medicinal Plants of the Caatinga -- Forest Restoration in Caatinga -- Rationality in Contemporary Ethnobiology -- Sustainability Indicators System for Family Agriculture and Conflict Management in the Caatinga Area -- Conservation Priority Index of Medicinal Plants in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- Ecological Appearane Hypothesis: Defining Regional Patterns of Use of Native Caatinga Species -- Human Capital in the Process of Adaption to Climate Variations in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- The Trade of Medicinal Plants in the Public Market of Floriano, Piauí, Northeast Brazil -- Comparison of Medicinal Plant Knowledge Between Two Communities in a Semiarid Region of Northeastern Brazil -- Traditional Knowledge of Population Structure of Three Important Tree Species in a Semiarid Region of Piauí, Northeast Brazil -- Knowledge, Use, and Management of Cactaceae Species in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- Agroecological System in Mountain Environment: The Case of the Morgados Mountain Range, Bahia, Brazil -- Traditional Knowledge About Food and Emergency Plants (PANCs) in the Semiarid Region of Brazil -- Physical Properties of Wood and Their Relationships with Local Use and Preferences in the Semiarid Region of Northeastern Brazil -- Knowledge Management of Lazy Plants in Farms in Northeastern Brazil -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development. It has by now widely been recognized that “traditional” knowledge is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. Trends of globalization, especially the globalization of plant markets, have greatly influenced how plant resources are managed nowadays. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic series focusing on the worlds mountain regions is available in the market. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will be interested in this website and its dynamic content. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the n umber of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). Growth has been most robust in BRIC countries. The objective of this new MRW on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship in the field of mountain research. We anticipate including the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for each region. Each contribution will be scientifically rigorous and contribute to the overall field of study.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-47254-2
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