Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual

CONSERVATION SERIES
GARY J MARTIN
A METHODS MANUAL
ETHNOBOTANY

Ethnobotany

PEOPLE AND PLANTS CONSERVATION SERIES
Series Editor
Martin Walters
Series Originator
Alan Hamilton
People and Plants is a joint initiative of WWF,
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants
Titles in the series
Applied Ethnobotany: People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation
Anthony B Cunningham
Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in Practice
Sarah A Laird (ed)
Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual (reissue)
Gary J Martin
People, Plants and Protected Areas: A Guide to In Situ Management
(reissue)
John Tuxill and Gary Paul Nabhan
Plant Invaders: The Threat to Natural Ecosystems (reissue)
Quentin C B Cronk and Janice L Fuller
Tapping the Green Market:
Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products
Patricia Shanley, Alan R Pierce, Sarah A Laird and Abraham Guillén (eds)
Uncovering the Hidden Harvest: Valuation Methods for Woodland and
Forest Resources
Bruce M Campbell and Martin K Luckert (eds)
Forthcoming titles in the series
Forests, Livelihoods and the International Woodcarving Trade
Anthony B Cunningham, Bruce M Campbell and Brian Belcher (eds)
Introduction to Plant Identification
Alan Hamilton
Plant Identification, Conservation and Management: Methods for
Producing User-friendly Field Guides
Anna Lawrence and William Hawthorne (eds)

Ethnobotany
A Methods Manual
Gary J Martin

Originally published by Chapman & Hall in 1995
Copyright © WWF, 2004
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ISBN:
978-1-84407-084-8
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Cover design by Yvonne Booth
Cover photo, ‘Men with harvested wooden withies crossing the Rapti river near
Chitwan National Park, Nepal’, by A B Cunningham
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