Local knowledge: Who cares?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vandebroek, Ina ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^b   de Albuquerque, Ulysses P ^c   Bussmann, Rainer ^d   Pieroni, Andrea ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PLANT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PLANTS;

EID: 81555234261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-35     Document Type: Editorial

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