Bridges Between Tradition and Innovation in Ethnomedicine - Fostering Local Development Through Community-Based Enterprises in India

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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Thora M. Herrmann, Thora Martina Herrmann, Maria Costanz Torri, Maria Costanza Torri
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789400795105
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079510-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 373 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 222 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Development theory and development policy; B, Sustainability, Sociology, Medicine, Medicine: general issues, Anthropology, Sustainable Development, Earth and Environmental Science, Sociology, general, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Human Geography, India;entrepreneurship;ethnomedicine;local health;women