Understanding old herbal secrets: The renaissance of traditional medicinal plants beyond the twenty classic species?

ABSTRACT: The use of traditional medicinal plants plays an important role especially in remote rural and marginalized landscapes at different latitudes. In the development of nature conservation strategies based on local knowledge and sustainable resource management, medicinal herbs have been hypothesized to be cultural key stone species. Environmental education is a crucial driver for fostering environmental literacy and preserving local knowledge across generations. We conducted semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in the Autonomous Province of Bozen-South Tyrol (N Italy) to gain insights into, and reflections on, the cultural value of traditional medicinal plants and their interplay within the local landscape, nature conservation and their role in environmental education and knowledge tra

SUBMITTER: Scherrer MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079881 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature