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| Conservation and development through medicinal plants: a case study from Ludian (Northwest Yunnan, China) and presentation of a general model | |
| Pei Shengji1; Hamilton, Alan C.; Yang Lixin1; Huai Huyin2; Yang Zhiwei1; Gao Fu1; Zhang Quangxin1 | |
| Corresponding Author | alanchamilton@btinternet.com |
| 2010-08-01 | |
| Source Publication | BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
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| ISSN | 0960-3115 |
| Volume | 19Issue:9Pages:2619-2636 |
| Abstract | A model for community-based conservation and development is presented, potentially applicable wherever communities rely on locally collected medicinal plants. The motivational foundation for conservation offered by these plants relates to people's interests in health support, financial income and cultural identity. The model is based on experiences in the Medicinal Plants Conservation Initiative, a four-year programme (2005-2008) of Plantlife International with national partners, involving 14 projects in 8 countries in East Africa and the Himalayas. All projects provide evidence on the question "How best can communities conserve their medicinal plants?". One of the projects (in China) is described to illustrate the types of evidence offered by the projects. The model consists of three social elements (community groups, project teams, policy makers), the relationships between them, and types of activity suggested for each group. Not all types of activity are relevant in all contexts. It is suggested that faith-based organisations, women's associations and indigenous people's groups are often well placed to take the model forward in terms of practical application at the landscape scale. The (on-going) project in China is at Ludian, a Naxi community in Northwest Yunnan. There is a secondary project site at Yongzhi, a Tibetan and Lisu village. The Ludian project is notable within the modern Chinese context for establishment of the first community group concerned specifically with the conservation of medicinal plants and the first community protected areas for medicinal plants. |
| Keyword | China Conservation Model Ecosystem-based Approach Medicinal Plants |
| Subject Area | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10531-010-9862-5 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000279682700011 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/13525 |
| Collection | 离退休 |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China 2.Yangzhou Univ, Coll Biosci & Biotechnol, Yangzhou 225009, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Pei Shengji,Hamilton, Alan C.,Yang Lixin,et al. Conservation and development through medicinal plants: a case study from Ludian (Northwest Yunnan, China) and presentation of a general model[J]. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,2010,19(9):2619-2636. |
| APA | Pei Shengji.,Hamilton, Alan C..,Yang Lixin.,Huai Huyin.,Yang Zhiwei.,...&Zhang Quangxin.(2010).Conservation and development through medicinal plants: a case study from Ludian (Northwest Yunnan, China) and presentation of a general model.BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,19(9),2619-2636. |
| MLA | Pei Shengji,et al."Conservation and development through medicinal plants: a case study from Ludian (Northwest Yunnan, China) and presentation of a general model".BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 19.9(2010):2619-2636. |
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