Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation

The Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO, “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Rivera Department is an important reservoir of biocultural diversity of Uruguay. With the objective of contributing to its recognition and valuation, we describe the diversity of medicinal plants used by local communities in rural or...

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Autores principales: Castiñeira Latorre, Elena, Canavero, Andrés, Pochettino, María Lelia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125772
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Ethnobotany
Medicinal Plants
Traditional Knowledge
Alien Species
Rarefaction Curves
Protected Areas
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Ethnobotany
Medicinal Plants
Traditional Knowledge
Alien Species
Rarefaction Curves
Protected Areas
Castiñeira Latorre, Elena
Canavero, Andrés
Pochettino, María Lelia
Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Ethnobotany
Medicinal Plants
Traditional Knowledge
Alien Species
Rarefaction Curves
Protected Areas
description The Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO, “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Rivera Department is an important reservoir of biocultural diversity of Uruguay. With the objective of contributing to its recognition and valuation, we describe the diversity of medicinal plants used by local communities in rural or urban settlements at the Reserve, from a quali­quantitative ethnobotanical approach. We estimated and compared species richness of alien and native medicinal plants mentioned by the 13 urban and 31 rural people in semi­structured interviews selected by snowball sampling. We found that the diversity of medicinal plants comparing urban and rural areas did not present significant differences. However, rural areas report more native species as consequence of a higher environmental offer of medicinal plants and the prevalence of cultural elements of native peoples; in contrast, the construction of homegardens within a pluricultural context in urban areas promotes the incorporation of alien species in the local herbalist. Finally, we emphasize the possibility of integrating the official medicinal system with the traditional medicinal systems based in plants, contributing to the programs of conservation of biocultural heritage and primary health care as posed by the World Health Organization in its Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014­2023.
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author Castiñeira Latorre, Elena
Canavero, Andrés
Pochettino, María Lelia
author_facet Castiñeira Latorre, Elena
Canavero, Andrés
Pochettino, María Lelia
author_sort Castiñeira Latorre, Elena
title Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
title_short Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
title_full Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
title_fullStr Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the Biosphere Reserve “Bioma Pampa­Quebradas del Norte”, Uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
title_sort comparison of medicinal plant knowledge between rural and urban people living in the biosphere reserve “bioma pampa­quebradas del norte”, uruguay: an opportunity for biocultural conservation
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url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125772
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