Sentences with phrase «traditional plant knowledge»

Sadly, even in the rural areas traditional plant knowledge is rapidly disappearing, as «modern» western medicines are becoming more readily available (unfortunately skilled doctors who can dispense them appropriately are not).

In rural areas poverty and the remoteness of the communities have been contributing factors in preserving traditional plant knowledge.

Not exact matches

The isolated people who once preserved traditional knowledge of Amazonian plants as well as a rich diversity of cultures and languages face new threats.

Usually, local growers of crops and herbs have all the ancient knowledge and traditional wisdom at hand, but in this rare instance, it seems that the corporations are more efficient, with machinery that breaches the plant's branches with the optimal frequency.

Floracopeia was established to provide the highest quality botanical treasures and health education, support sustainable agriculture, and promote traditional plant - based knowledge.

By passing on this knowledge, we not only empower our customers, we help to preserve and promote traditional and indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants and their uses.

2.5 by 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as internationally agreed

Honey believes using traditional stories and knowledge about medicinal plants may be one way to include Native culture in the science curriculum, and may provide students with a way to relate to the materials they are learning.

Four paintings explore colonialism and traditional knowledge of the therapeutic properties and spiritual significance of plants

Tribes in Suriname, Brazil, and Colombia are combining their traditional knowledge of the rainforest with Western technology to conserve forests and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions, which include profound knowledge of the forest ecosystem and medicinal plants.

Traditional knowledge of seed saving and plant propagation techniques exists in fewer and fewer minds and communities.

Instead of blindly searching for plants with viable characteristics, researchers go to communities and ask what they use and what is an interesting plant and are guided by this traditional knowledge.

The defensive protection is less controversial, where advocates of traditional knowledge protection are trying to stop people from acquiring IP rights over traditional knowledge — for example, if a pharmaceutical company goes into an indigenous community, learns about the use of a certain plant for treatment of disease, does a little more research, and then patents the knowledge.

About Blog Floracopeia was established to provide the highest quality botanical treasures and health education, support ecological agriculture, and promote traditional plant - based knowledge.

Indigenous traditional knowledge generally means traditional practices and culture and the knowledge of plants and animals and of their methods of propagation.