A Bornean database of plant uses and their cultural contexts: Introducing BioCultBase\Borneo.

ABSTRACT: Biocultural diversity is important for environmental justice, human wellbeing, and sustainable development. Yet it is threatened by landscape degradation and overexploitation. When species go extinct, there is a co-occurring loss of associated cultural elements, and marginalized cultures are the ones that suffer the most from these losses. Here, we present BioCultBase/Borneo, a database of local uses of plants and their cultural contexts from the biologically and culturally hyper-diverse island of Borneo. The database has been developed from secondary data extracted from scientific literature, but is intended to be a live repository that welcomes contributions from academics, researchers and the general public. BioCultBase/Borneo database currently covers 1319 confirmed plant

SUBMITTER: Axelsson EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature