Counteracting Traditional Knowledge Erosion: An Ethnobotanical Survey in Valle Imagna (Bergamo, Italy) to Foster Intergenerational Transfer.

ABSTRACT: Although younger generations are not always given a prominent role in ethnobotanical surveys, studying intergenerational knowledge transfer should still be a primary interest, in the context of traditions' erosion, globalization, disinterest and plant blindness. Our study was designed to describe the situation of knowledge transfer and to find potential solutions to counteract erosion by involving the children. This ethnobotanical survey involved students from primary and secondary schools of Valle Imagna (Bergamo, Italy) through different meetings and structured questionnaires to record their traditional knowledge on medicinal plants. The children were then asked to become an active part of the project by interviewing their families. All data recorded were archived in a database for stati

SUBMITTER: Milani F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12656025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature