This is a report on the trade of medicinal plants in Peru, the manufacturing industry that relies on these plants, the research on promotion of their use, and on the legal instruments that govern their use, trade and transformation. In Peru medicinal plants have been used for centuries. However, ...
Nalvarte A.W.
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Jong, W. de
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Domínguez, G.
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[Plantas Amazonicas de uso medicinal: diagnostico de un sector economico con un potencial de realizacion]
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Plantas Amazonicas de uso medicinal: diagnostico de un sector economico con un potencial de realizacion
This study has two central concerns: the state of human health in forests, and the causal links between forests and human health. Within this framework, we consider four issues related to tropical forests and human health. First, we discuss forest foods, emphasizing the forest as a food-producing...
Uncaria tomentosa and U. guíanensis have been important in traditional healing in many South American countries. These species contain some sixty active substances which are widely tested for possible medical treatments. U. tomentosa has been traded from Peru until it reached a peak export of 726...
Jong, W. de
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Melnyk, M.
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Lozano, L.A.
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Rosales, M.
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García, M.
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[Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource]
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Una de gato: fate and future of a Peruvian forest resource
This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve o...
López, C.
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Shanley, P.
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Fantini, A.C.
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[Riquezas da floresta: frutas, plantas medicinais e artesanato na América Latina]
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Riquezas da floresta: frutas, plantas medicinais e artesanato na América Latina
This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve o...
López, C.
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Shanley, P.
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Fantini, A.C.
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[Riches of the forest: fruits, remedies and handicrafts in Latin America]
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Riches of the forest: fruits, remedies and handicrafts in Latin America
This book contains 17 case studies of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Africa. it reveals an ancient system of resources moving through space and time, resources which further enable African people benefit from their marketing capacity locally. As these case studies show, establishing or str...
Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Ndoye, O.
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[Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa]
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Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa
This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve o...
López, C.
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Shanley, P.
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Cuba-Cronkleton, M.
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[Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina]
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Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina
This volume brings to life 19 case studies featuring forest plants and animals. The botanical cases are presented according to the main part of the plant being used - the fruit, bark, roots or wood. Sometimes the plants have multiple uses, or different cultures may use the same part of a particul...
Secondary and logged-over tropical forests cover more than 600 million hectares. An international workshop held in Bogor (Indonesia) in November 1997 provided a forum of discussion on the research priorities for the sustainable management of secondary forests in Indonesia and more generally in So...
Sist, P.
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Sabogal, C.
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[Management of secondary and logged-over forests in Indonesia: selected proceedings of an international workshop, 17-19 November, 1997]
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Management of secondary and logged-over forests in Indonesia: selected proceedings of an international workshop, 17-19 November, 1997