Maria Costanza Torri, Thora M. Herrmann

Bridges Between Tradition and Innovation in Ethnomedicine

Fostering Local Development Through Community-Based Enterprises in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Community-based enterprises are the result of a process in which the community acts entrepreneurially to create and operate a new enterprise embedded in its existing social structure and network. This book argues that community-based enterprise could represent a strategy for fostering sustainable local development while at the same time maintaining traditional knowledge in ethnomedicine and conserving the local ecosystems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-007-9510-5
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 373g
• ISBN-13: 9789400795105
• ISBN-10: 9400795106
• Artikelnr.: 41648391

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- 1. The Entrepreneurship and the Role of Local Communities.- 2. Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge and Bioprospecting.- 3. The Gram Mooligai Limited Company (GMCL) - An Alternative Bioprospecting and Development Model: Constitution, Structure and Its Functioning.- 4. Ethnomedicine, Capacity Development and Innovation System Through GMCL.- 5. GMCL, The Supply Chain and The Final Market.- The Impact of GMCL On Indigenous Communities.- The Impact of GMCL On Indigenous Communities.- Conclusion.- Index.