Ethnobotanical review of the Mapuche medicinal flora: Use patterns on a regional scale

Molares, Soledad; Ladio, Ana Haydeé

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.003

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“…Although many of these studies might reflect the specific relationship that each culture has with natural resources, without a unifying theory or common research method we cannot discern whether such findings reflect patterns and behaviors that are similar, or even identical, between different cultures and broader scales (Alburquerque and Medeiros 2012). Several studies have used meta-analyses to analyze large-scale usage patterns of plants (Moerman et al 1999, Molares and Ladio 2009, SaslisLagoudakis et al 2011, although comparisons are difficult to make given the diversity of the objectives and methods employed.…”

Section: Traditional Knowledge (Tk) Is An Important Component In Imprmentioning

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The influence of socioeconomic factors on traditional knowledge: a cross scale comparison of palm use in northwestern South America

Zambrana¹,

Cámara‐Leret²,

Bussmann³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. We explored the power of 14 socioeconomic factors for predicting differences in traditional knowledge about palms (Arecaceae) at the personal, household, and regional levels in 25 locations in the Amazon, Andes, and Chocó of northwestern South America. Using semistructured interviews, we gathered data on palm uses from 2050 informants in 53 communities and four countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia ). We performed multilevel statistical analyses, which showed that the influence of each socioeconomic factor differed depending on whether the analysis was performed on the overall palm knowledge or on individual use categories. At the general palm knowledge level, gender was the only factor that had a significant association in all five subregions, and showed that men had more knowledge than women, and age had a positive significant association only in the lowlands. Most of the analyzed socioeconomic factors had a greater influence on the lowland ecoregions of the Amazon and Chocó, although there were mixed trends in these ecoregions. Our results show that there are no regional patterns in the predictive power of socioeconomic factors and that their influence on palm-use knowledge is highly localized. We can conclude that (1) conservation strategies of traditional knowledge of palm use in the region should be developed mainly at the local level, and (2) large-scale comparable ethnoecological studies are necessary to understand indigenous communities' livelihoods at different scales.

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Section: Traditional Knowledge (Tk) Is An Important Component In Imprmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of socioeconomic factors on traditional knowledge: a cross scale comparison of palm use in northwestern South America

Zambrana¹,

Cámara‐Leret²,

Bussmann³

et al. 2014

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“…For example, cognitive salience may be measured with the number and position of species in free lists (Reyes-García et al 2006). Informant consensus or ratings may be used to analyze cultural significance , Molares & Ladio 2009); the number of uses a species has, or the number of illnesses treated in the case of medicinals (Phillips & Gentry 1993a,b, Phillips 1996, Albuquerque et al 2007 can measure use value. However, for the individual person, "importance" may include aspects of all of these factors (economic and social).…”

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Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

2018

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Background. Non-timber forest products are being integrated into conservation strategies. Their relevance for obtaining medicinal plants is frequently cited as a reason to conserve forests. Question. Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation? Study site and dates. The study was conducted in Santiago Camotlán, Distrito Villa Alta, Oaxaca, a humid mountainous area in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, from August 2011 to May 2013. Methods. Ecological Land Units were characterized, and the relative importance of medicinal plants was evaluated. The ethnobotanical methods included participatory mapping, open interviews, semi-structured interviews and free lists with local healers, as well as members of 17 systematically selected households. Medicinal plant species, and plants considered characteristic for an Ecological Land Unit by local specialists, were collected during plant walks with both healers and experts on the territory. For each species, a newly proposed Knowledge, Use and Perception Index based frequency of mention in free lists, frequency of use and perceived importance was calculated. Results. Local people divided their territory primarily by physical geographic characteristics and utilization. Nine units were distinguished: village and roads, home gardens, pastures, cultivated fields (maize, beans, sugar cane and coffee), cloud forest, semi-evergreen tropical forest and evergreen tropical forest, secondary vegetation ("acahuales"), and riparian vegetation. The most important medicinal plants were Salvia microphylla, Lippia alba and Artemisia absinthium, all cultivated in home gardens; weedy vegetation provided the majority of all medicinal plants. Individuals interested in preserving medicinal species transplanted them into a home garden. Conclusion. For people in the study area, the presence and use of medicinal plants was not a decisive reason for forest conservation. Key words: Ecological Land Units, home gardens, Knowledge, Use and Perception Index, tropical forest, wild plant collection. ResumenAntecedentes. Los productos forestales no maderables están siendo integrados en las estrategias de conservación. Su relevancia para la obtención de plantas medicinales se cita frecuentemente como una razón para conservar los bosques. Pregunta. ¿El uso de plantas medicinales puede motivar la conservación de bosques? Sitio y años de estudio. El estudio se llevó a cabo en Santiago Camotlán, Distrito Villa Alta, Oaxaca, en un área montañosa húmeda de la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca, México, de agosto 2011 a mayo 2013. Métodos. Se caracterizaron unidades ambientales y se evaluó la importancia relativa de las plantas medicinales. Los métodos etnobotánicos incluyeron mapeo participativo, entrevistas abiertas, entrevistas semiestructuradas y listados libres con curanderos, así como miembros de 17 hogares seleccionados sistemá-ticamente. También se recolectaron en caminatas botánicas, plantas medicinales con curanderos y plantas consideradas características de cada unidad ambiental por conocedo...

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“…Among the practices of anthropization of the environment, the ex and in situ management of vegetation (Casas et al, 2007(Casas et al, , 2008Lins Neto et al, 2014), control of ecological succession, diversion of watercourses and the gathering of useful plants (Davidson-Hunt and Berkes, 2003;Molares and Ladio, 2009;Pirondo and Keller, 2014), have been mentioned as strategies which increase the supply of species of interest and reduce the uncertainty of their availability throughout the year and in succeeding years (Barrera-Bassols and Toledo, 2005;Molares and Ladio, 2009). For example, taking advantage of ruderal and exotic species that appear rapidly on land where clearings have been produced by disturbances of moderate intensity is a practice shared by many cultures .…”

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“…It has been found that the species with highest use consensus in these societies often present high utilitarian versatility, a pattern based on profound knowledge of the best-known species, which promotes caring attitudes, since the people value the potential of the species in a holistic way (Richeri et al, 2013). Studies performed on medicinal plants have shown that plants native to a certain place generally offer greater use diversity than exotic species, due to the longer period of time they have been in contact with local populations (Molares and Ladio, 2009).…”

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Firewood Resource Management in Different Landscapes in NW Patagonia

2017

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Ecosystems, their components, processes and functions are all subject to management by human populations, with the purpose of adapting the environments to make them more habitable and ensuring the availability and continuity of subsistence resources. Although a lot of work has been carried out on resources of alimentary or medicinal interest, little has been done on associating processes of domestication with firewood extraction, a practice considered to be destructive of the environment. In the arid steppe of NW Patagonia, inhabited and managed for different purposes for a long time by Mapuche-Tehuelche communities, the gathering of combustible plant species has up to the present time played a crucial role in cooking and heating, and work is required to achieve sustainability of this resource. In this study we evaluate whether environments with less landscape domestication are more intensively used for firewood gathering. Using an ethnobiological approach, information was obtained through participant observation, interviews and free listing. The data were examined using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Twenty-eight firewood species are gathered, both native (75%) and exotic (25%). The supply of firewood mainly depends on gathering from the domesticated (10 species), semi-domesticated (17 species) and low human intervention landscapes (17 species). In contrast to our hypothesis, average use intensity is similar in all these landscapes despite their different levels of domestication. That is, the different areas are taken advantage of in a complementary manner in order to satisfy the domestic demand for firewood. Neither do biogeographic origin or utilitarian versatility of collected plants vary significantly between the different landscape levels of domestication. Our results show that human landscape domestication for the provision of firewood seems to be a socio-cultural resilient practice, and shed new light on the role of culture in resource management. This approach may offer new tools for the development of firewood and cultural landscape management, and conservation planning.

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Ethnobotanical review of the Mapuche medicinal flora: Use patterns on a regional scale

Cited by 129 publications

References 48 publications

The influence of socioeconomic factors on traditional knowledge: a cross scale comparison of palm use in northwestern South America

The influence of socioeconomic factors on traditional knowledge: a cross scale comparison of palm use in northwestern South America

Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

Firewood Resource Management in Different Landscapes in NW Patagonia

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