Market profiles and trade in medicinal plants in the Lowveld, South Africa

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-46

  Botha, J ^a   Witkowski, E T F ^a   Shackleton, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Kruger National Park; Subsistence; Sustainable livelihoods; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MEDICINE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HABITATS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PLANT POPULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

HARVESTING; MARKET CONDITIONS; MEDICINAL PLANT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MARKETING; MEDICINAL PLANT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2442459835     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001067     Document Type: Article

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