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Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador
This paper explores how medicinal plant knowledge of the Waorani (Ecuador) varies with socio-economic and demographic factors. Medicinal plant knowledge was compared at individual and community levels. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 56 informants (men N= 29, women N= 27) between 15 and 70 years old in five Waorani communities located within the Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve. We found a positive correlation between an informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and age, and a negative correlation between informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and the years of schooling. Reasons behind these findings are thought to be in the rapid socio-cultural changes of the Waorani due to globalization processes. Increased accessibility to health centers and improved transportation infrastructure result in a loss of ethnobotanical knowledge.
Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador
This paper explores how medicinal plant knowledge of the Waorani (Ecuador) varies with socio-economic and demographic factors. Medicinal plant knowledge was compared at individual and community levels. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 56 informants (men N= 29, women N= 27) between 15 and 70 years old in five Waorani communities located within the Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve. We found a positive correlation between an informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and age, and a negative correlation between informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and the years of schooling. Reasons behind these findings are thought to be in the rapid socio-cultural changes of the Waorani due to globalization processes. Increased accessibility to health centers and improved transportation infrastructure result in a loss of ethnobotanical knowledge.
Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador
Holger Weckmüller (Autor:in) / Carles Barriocanal (Autor:in) / Roser Maneja (Autor:in) / Martí Boada (Autor:in)
2019
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Unbekannt
ethnobotany , traditional ecological knowledge , indigenous communities , Ecuadorian amazon , loss of knowledge , globalization , global change , acculturation , socio-cultural changes , Environmental effects of industries and plants , TD194-195 , Renewable energy sources , TJ807-830 , Environmental sciences , GE1-350
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