Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight - twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Paniagua Zambrana, Narel Y ^a   Bussmann, Rainer W ^b   Hart, Robbie E ^c   Moya Huanca, Araceli L ^a   Ortiz Soria, Gere ^d   Ortiz Vaca, Milton ^d   Ortiz Álvarez, David ^d   Soria Morán, Jorge ^d   Soria Morán, María ^e   Chávez, Saúl ^e   Chávez Moreno, Bertha ^f   Chávez Moreno, Gualberto ^f   Roca, Oscar ^g   Siripi, Erlin ^h  

^a Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales   (Bolivia)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d Instituto Linguistico Chácobo   (Bolivia)

^e Comunidad Chácobo de Alto Ivón ^*  (Bolivia)

^f Comunidad Chácobo de Las Limas ^*  (Bolivia)

^g Comunidad Chácobo de Firmeza ^*  (Bolivia)

^h Comunidad Nueva Unión ^*  (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indices; Knowledge loss; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARK; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKET; MEDICINAL SPECIES; MEDICINE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SKILL; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; EDIBLE PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOLIVIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030841321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-017-0179-2     Document Type: Article

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