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Bridges Between Tradition and Innovation in Ethnomedicine

Fostering Local Development Through Community-Based Enterprises in India

  • Provides insights into innovative indigenous enterprises active in bioprospecting scenarios
  • Offers theoretical and empirical analysis of entrepreneurships of indigenous populations
  • Develops public awareness of more equitable and participative approaches to communities’ use of traditional knowledge and new forms of partnerships between the different stakeholders

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 1-6
  3. RETRACTED CHAPTER: The Entrepreneurship and the Role of Indigenous Communities

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 7-42
  4. Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge and Bioprospecting

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 43-84
  5. Ethnomedicine, Capacity Development, and Innovation System Through GMCL

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 121-143
  6. GMCL, the Supply Chain and the Final Market

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 145-176
  7. The Impact of GMCL on Indigenous Communities

    • Maria Costanza Torri, Thora Martina Herrmann
    Pages 177-207
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 209-222

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada

    Maria Costanza Torri

  • Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada

    Thora Martina Herrmann

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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