Throughout the world, there are imperatives and opportunities to develop sustainable enterprises based on plants and animals to alleviate poverty. This is true for indigenous people across northern Australia, although to date there has been very limited commercial use of wildlife within indigenous ...
These are particularly useful in the biological synthesis of nonnatural amino acids and peptide therapeutic molecules (peptidomimetics). Nitrilases belong to the group of hydrolases (EC 3) that catalyse the hydration of nitrile compounds. Members of this family appear in plants, animals, and fungi ...
lakes and rivers, animals and biodiversity. This is expressed in ritual revivals among the Crow and Salish peoples as well as ecosystem restoration by Pacific Northwest peoples. We see resilience among Arctic Inuit peoples struggling with climate emergencies, and Gwich’in peoples resisting oil develo...
This paper seeks to interrogate street names of Imbali Township (in Pietermaritzburg) which were bestowed during apartheid era. Some sections of Imbali Township have streets named after specific species of indigenous plants and animals. The paper, however, focuses mainly on the streets that were ...
Whether the desired resource took the form of minerals, plants, animals, or peo- ple, it all served as raw material available for the taking, turned into a profitable commodity elsewhere (Terreblanche 2002). An additional compounding factor is its geographic location. The Northern Cape represents...
(Apraku et al.2021; Granderson2017; Hiwasaki et al.2015). They pay attention to behaviour and appearance of various environmental entities like insects, plants, birds and animals (Inaotombi and Mahanta2018; Mangada2021; Hooli2016; Launio et al.2020; Chaudhary et al.2021; Apraku et al....
“‘With colonialism and globalization, new generations have lost their way,’ she says. ‘They’ve forgotten where they’ve come from and that we are not superior to animals, plants, mountains, lakes and rivers. It is because of this lack of respect and care for nature and mother Earth ...
Borkh), and medicinal plants and flowers that are intended for self-consumption (SAN LUCAS GAD PARROQUIAL; LOJA, Cantón 2015). However, San Lucas also has livestock production which is an environmental problem, due to the expansion of the agricultural frontier, which causes changes in vegetation...
Traditional uses of animals in the Himalayan region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Front Pharmacol. 2022;13:1951. Article Google Scholar Mussarat S, Ali R, Ali S, Mothana RA, Ullah R, Adnan M. Medicinal animals and plants as alternative and complementary medicines in southern regions of Khyber...
[56]. In Mexico, traditional medicine is more accessible and affordable in Indigenous communities for treating common diseases. A recent study in Mexico recorded a variety of diseases/ailments recognized by the WHO that are treated with medicinal plants. These include nutritional, endocrine, ...