Qeqchi Maya healers traditional knowledge in prioritizing conservation of medicinal plants culturally relative conservation in sustaining traditional holistic health promotion
Pesek,T.; Abramiuk,M.; Fini,N.; Rojas,M.O.; Collins,S.; Cal,V.; Sanchez,P.; Poveda,L.; Arnason,J.
Biodiversity And Conservation: 1, 1-20
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0960-3115
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9696-1
Accession: 035592336
This ethnobotanical study in the spirit of transdisciplinarity, and in collaboration with Q'eqchi' Maya traditional healers, compares traditional Q'eqchi' Maya ecosystem constructs or environmental zones with scientific ecosystems. To determine which categorization method better accommodates Q'eqchi' Maya medicinal plant diversity, we analized 26 transects representing 160 medicinal plant occurrences.