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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thora M. Herrmann, Thora Martina Herrmann, Maria Costanz Torri, Maria Costanza Torri
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789400795105
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079510-5
• Pagine: 222
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Peso: 373 g
• Illustrazioni: XIII, 222 p.
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teoria dello sviluppo e politica di sviluppo; 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