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Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador

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  • Holger Weckmüller

    (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Carles Barriocanal

    (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
    Departament de Geografia, Universitat de Barcelona, Montalegre 6, 08001 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Roser Maneja

    (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Martí Boada

    (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain)

Abstract

This paper explores how medicinal plant knowledge of the Waorani (Ecuador) varies with socio-economic and demographic factors. Medicinal plant knowledge was compared at individual and community levels. Semi-structured interviews were performed with 56 informants (men N= 29, women N= 27) between 15 and 70 years old in five Waorani communities located within the Yasuní National Park and Waorani Ethnic Reserve. We found a positive correlation between an informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and age, and a negative correlation between informant’s medicinal plant knowledge and the years of schooling. Reasons behind these findings are thought to be in the rapid socio-cultural changes of the Waorani due to globalization processes. Increased accessibility to health centers and improved transportation infrastructure result in a loss of ethnobotanical knowledge.

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  • Holger Weckmüller & Carles Barriocanal & Roser Maneja & Martí Boada, 2019. "Factors Affecting Traditional Medicinal Plant Knowledge of the Waorani, Ecuador," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-12, August.
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