Q'eqchi' Maya healers' traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants: Culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Pesek, Todd ^a   Abramiuk, Marc ^b   Fini, Nick ^c   Rojas, Marco Otarola ^d   Collins, Sean ^e   Cal, Victor ^f   Sanchez, Pablo ^d   Poveda, Luis ^d   Arnason, John ^e  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Naturaleza Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f Belize Indigenous Training Institute BITI   (Belize)

Author keywords

Culturally relative conservation; Ecology; Medicinal plants; Q'eqchi' Maya healers; Sustaining holistic healthcare; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 67651162343     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9696-1     Document Type: Article

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