descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Feb 2015 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 518, pages 487-488 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

Authors: Manuel J. Macía; Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana;

doi: 10.1038/518487a

pmid: 25719661

The benefits of traditional knowledge

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Abstract

A study of two Balkan ethnic groups living in close proximity finds that traditional knowledge about local plant resources helps communities to cope with periods of famine, and can promote the conservation of biodiversity.

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Autonomous University of Madrid
Spain

Keywords

Conservation of Natural Resources, Altitude, Ethnobotany, Biodiversity, Knowledge, Starvation, Albania, Ethnicity, Humans, Medicine, Traditional

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