%0 Journal Article
%T On traditional uses of plants by the Nu people community of the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province<br>云南高黎贡山怒族对植物传统利用的初步研究
%A DAO Zhi Ling
%A LONG Chun Lin
%A LIU Yi TaoKunming Institute of Botany
%A Chinese Academy of Sciences
%A Kunming
%A <br>刀志灵
%A 龙春林
%A 刘怡涛
%J 生物多样性
%D 2003
%I Science Press
%X We studied the traditional uses of plants for different purposes by the Nu people in north Gaoligong Mountains region, northwestern Yunnan, through the approaches of ethnobiology, cultural anthropology and plant ecology. The results show that the Nu people traditionally use plants for food, herbal medicine, ornament, religious worship, and culture. Most of the plants are used for individual household consumption and some for exchanging with other nationalities or selling at local markets. Indigenous Nu people have been depending on plants for survival and development for a long time. Traditionally, wild plant resources play a very important role in the Nu people communities. Up to now, herbal plants are still the main medicine used by the Nu people. Fifty four species of edible plants, 53 species of medicinal plants, 54 species of ornamental plants, and 51 species of cultural and religious plants frequently used by Nu people were listed in the present paper, as well as the impact of traditional culture upon utilization and management of local plant diversity. The relationship between traditional and modern management of plant diversity is discussed. The possibility, necessity and feasibility to utilize indigenous cultural diversity for ecological and environmental conservation in China are discussed and proposed. In addition, we suggest that the indigenous resource management knowledge and culture diversity should be conserved and extensively studied.
%K plant diversity
%K indigenous knowledge
%K cultural diversity<br>植物多样性
%K 传统知识
%K 文化多样性
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