Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan

	Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan
	Salim, Muhammad Asad 1,2; Ranjitkar, Sailesh 1,3; Hart, Robbie 4; Khan, Tika 5; Ali, Sajid 5; Kiran, Chandni 5; Parveen, Asma 5; Batool, Zahra 5; Bano, Shanila 5; Xu, Jianchu1,3
	2019-01-28
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
ISSN	1746-4269
卷号	15 页码:33
摘要	Background: The ethnic groups in Gilgit-Baltistan have been utilizing local resources in their centuries-old traditional healing system. Most tribes within these ethnic groups still rely on traditional healing systems. We aim to understand the current status, uses, and abundance of medicinal plants, associated traditional knowledge, and trade. Materials and methods: The study incorporated over 300 local community members (70% men and 30% women) in focused group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and homework assignments for 8th to 12th grade students to document traditional knowledge (TK) in six districts in Northeast Pakistan. We calculated various indices such as informant consensus factor, use value, relative frequency of citation, and CoKriging. These indices, along with repetitively used medicinal plants, were used to analyze differences in studied locations. Results: Most of the community members still rely on traditional medication in the study areas. However, we found the highest number of medicinal plants used in Skardu and Gilgit compared to other districts and these two districts also represent trade centers and a highly populated area regarding medicinal plants. Results indicate connection amongst the surveyed villages signifying mixing of knowledge from different sources, with certain areas more influenced by traditional Chinese medicine and others more by Ayurveda and Unani. Conclusion: TK is mostly retained with elder community members; however, those directly linked with market value chain retain rich knowledge on traditional use of the medicinal plants from the region. Major trade centers in the region also coincide with a high density of medicinal plant occurrence, knowledge, and higher utilization. Therefore, with the increasing trade in medicinal plant in the region, there is potential for rejuvenation of this knowledge and of plant use in the region.
关键词	Ethnomedicine Ethnoecology Medicinal plants Traditional knowledge Trade in medicinal plants Gilgit-Baltistan
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000459310100001
引用统计	被引频次：14[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/64275
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
通讯作者	Xu, Jianchu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.World Agroforestry Ctr ICRAF, East & Cent Asia Off, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China 4.Missouri Bot Garden, POB 299, St Louis, MO 63166 USA 5.Karakorum Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Gilgit, Gilgit Baltista, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Salim, Muhammad Asad,Ranjitkar, Sailesh,Hart, Robbie,et al. Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,2019,15:33.
APA	Salim, Muhammad Asad.,Ranjitkar, Sailesh.,Hart, Robbie.,Khan, Tika.,Ali, Sajid.,...&Xu, Jianchu.(2019).Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan.JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,15,33.
MLA	Salim, Muhammad Asad,et al."Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge: case study in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan".JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 15(2019):33.

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