The “How” and “Why” of Including Gender and Age in Ethnobotanical Research and Community-Based Resource Management

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-78

  Müller, Jocelyn G ^a   Boubacar, Riyana ^b   Guimbo, Iro Dan ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministère de l'Environnement de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable Niamey   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Local ethnobotanical knowledge; Niger; Participatory research methods; Stakeholder participation; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NIGER; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGER; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939895155     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0517-8     Document Type: Article

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