Indigenous Knowledge:An Application
About this ebook
The present volume covered a much wider area i.e., of medicinal plants and Indigenous Knowledge of tribals based on in day to day working of life, as well as on medicinal utility of plants.
The present book contains articles presented by eminent scientists of the country on various aspects of related subject. Scholars and students of Botany, Ethnobotany Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, Conservation will find this book very useful and informative.
The “Conservation on Biological Diversity” (CBD) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and “Biodiversity Bill of Indian Parliament propose to safeguard the over exploration of natural resource and protect the rights of Indigenous People and also protect our traditional knowledge.
This national seminar of as a first case of its kind in India and will attract the attention of all persons concerning the academic communities, policy makers and administrator to preserve & document the IK of tribals before it is lost for ever. We often talk regarding conservation of flora and fauna and suggest strategies for their preservation but we never thought on preservation of IK, which the tribal are possessing. I hope this book will be much useful in this direction.
About the author
Dr. T.R. Sahu is presently a senior Professor of Botany & Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar. He is an executive councilor of the University. He has a long term interest in the field of Plant Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Botanic Garden, Environment Ethnobotany and medicinal plants. He is an expert member of State Biodiversity Board of M.P. Dr. Sahu is awardee of Dr. R.K. Samman of M.P. Uccha Skhisha Anusandhan Ayog & Dr. Y.D. Tiagi medal of Indian Association for Angiosperms (IAAT). He is a secto- rial coordinator to center for Indigenous Knowledge on Indian Bioresources (CIKIB). He has successfully guided research work of 25 Ph.D. students and published more than 135 research papers in the journals of National & International repute. He convened several International & National seminars/workshops/Training courses. He has also organized 4 National conferences, 3 refresher courses. He has been associated with most of the academic societies. Dr. Sahu has explored number of floristically unexplored forest remote areas, of almost all remote parts of India. Dr. Sahu has visited France, Mauritius & Sri Lanka, on account of his research activities. He has edited one book entitled “Biodiversity and Sustainable Utilization of Biological Resources”. Dr. Sahu has contributed a lot in the maintaining and strengthening the Botanic Garden and to brought it to the International level. This Botanic Garden could become a member of BGCI and it is the only garden in the state, selected for implementation of International Agenda for conservation of RET species. He has been a principal investigator of several major research projects, funded by CSIR, MoEF, IIRS, IIN, NBRI. He is widely traveled person, teaching plant taxonomy for nearly 36 years and engaged in floristic studies since 1969.
