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Description | Short communication:- Botany Seema Verma*, Dr. (Mrs.) Ranjana Shrivastava and Dr.Deepak Karkun Department of Botany Govt. V.Y.T.P.G. Autonomous College Durg (C.G.), India. Abstract:- Ethnobiology is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on approaches and methods from both the social and biological sciences. In both ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, the documentation of the consequences of particular behaviors and practices is through cultural and biological expertise intrinsic to the fields of anthropology and biology/medicine. Since the inception of the disciplines, scientific research in ethnobiology and ethnomedicine has made important contributions to our understanding of traditional subsistence and medical knowledge and practice. More recently, the focus has increasingly been on the issues of human well-being and environmental sustainability. The boundaries between ethnobiology and ethnomedicine are increasingly merging to address complex questions. This paper discusses some of the links between biodiversity and traditional medicine, and addresses their implications to public health. We explore the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services to global and human health, the risks which human impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity present to human health and welfare. No special selection criteria were used in the choice of the informants because one of the aims of this work was to assess the breadth of popular heritage in the field of wild edible plants, knowledge which is widespread among locals. Keywords:- Not given. |
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