Applied Ethnobotany

People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation
Herausgeber: Cunningham, Anthony B

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. This is the first practical guide to be published on how to manage wild plant species sustainably.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 169mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781853836978
• ISBN-10: 1853836974
• Artikelnr.: 22022201

Autorenporträt

Anthony B. Cunningham

Inhaltsangabe

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