Conservation, Cultivation, and Commodification of Medicinal Plants in the Greater Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau

Craig, Sienna R.; Glover, Denise M.

doi:10.1163/157342109x568793

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“…How can plant resources be preserved and sustainability ensured when overharvesting provides one of the few sources of income for local populations? These issues have been explored in some detail in the recent collection by Sienna Craig and Denise Glover (2009). Mingji Cuomu's article in the present issue adds the significant perspective of a contemporary Tibetan medical practitioner who has also studied in the West on these issues.…”

Section: Pharmacology Medicine Production and Global Expansionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…The distance 6 Edited volumes include Schrempf 2007;Pordié 2008, forthcoming;Schrempf et al 2010;and Adams, Schrempf, and Craig 2011. Special journal issues include Glover 2009 andFjeld andHofer 2010-11. For significant monographs, see Craig 2012, Gerke 2012, and Hofer 2012 Two further papers from the conference have been published elsewhere: Garrett 2010-11 andSaxer 2012. between premodern Tibetan medicine and the regimes of contemporary science and technology with which it is now contending makes the study of these and similar questions particularly illuminating.…”

Section: The Specificity Of the Tibetan Encounter With Biomedicinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Introduction: Medicine and Healing in Tibetan Societies

Samuel

2013

East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Jo

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This introduction to the special issue of EASTS begins with a survey of recent social scientific work on medicine and healing in Tibetan and Himalayan societies. The author considers the specificity of the Tibetan encounter with biomedicine in comparison with that experienced by other traditions of Asian medicine and introduces both the traditional Tibetan medical system (Sowa Rigpa) and the wider context of approaches to healing of which it forms part. He discusses the significance of Sowa Rigpa's religious dimension and its techniques of pulse and urine examination, suggesting that these open up important questions for medicine in general regarding the relationship between "subjective" and "objective" aspects of the healing process. The political economy of Sowa Rigpa is considered, including questions of access, of the production of medicines, and the impact of new regulatory regimes. The article ends with an introduction to the remaining articles in the special issue.

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Section: Pharmacology Medicine Production and Global Expansionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: The Specificity Of the Tibetan Encounter With Biomedicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction: Medicine and Healing in Tibetan Societies

Samuel

2013

East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Jo

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“…The knowledge of IPLCs is often ignored, and its principles are rarely reframed or operationalized into mainstream environmental management [13,[42][43][44][45], let alone economics. Conversely, those who are acknowledged can be romanticized and generalized, leaving little room for local case-based knowledge, differences, and adaptations [46][47][48]. While generalized assertions of cultural differences in environmental values abound [33,42,43,[49][50][51][52][53][54], none are sufficiently detailed or quantified to strongly assert the size of ethnic difference, to identify common ground, or to begin the process of incorporating values into ecological economic approaches.…”

Section: Sociocultural Precautionary Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

The Universal Precautionary Principle: New Pillars and Pathways for Environmental, Sociocultural, and Economic Resilience

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Global environmental degradation is linked to a worldwide erosion of ethnic identity and cultural diversity, as well as market disruption. Cultures rely heavily on the local environment around them, and local communities play a key role in conserving natural resources. People’s identity, connection with land, and the adaptation of Indigenous and local knowledge are prerequisites for resilience. Though the Environmental Precautionary Principle (EPP) aims to tackle environmental degradation by privileging the environment in the face of uncertainty, it is not sufficient on its own; it does not take into account the intimate connection between nature and local culture, nor does it prioritize community or cultural wellbeing. We suggest expanding this concept into a multi-faceted Universal Precautionary Principle (UPP), which recognizes people’s connection to the land, and elevates community, cultural, and economic wellbeing as equally important values alongside environmental concerns. Here, we coin the Universal Precautionary Principle, outline its four core pillars—systems, governance, diversity, and resilience—and introduce its three subsets: Environmental Precautionary Principle, Sociocultural Precautionary Principle, and Economic Precautionary Principle. We discuss potential outcomes of its application, and offer operational guidelines to implement the Universal Precautionary Principle in practice, before concluding that it is a crucial tool to build environmental, sociocultural, and economic resilience. In essence, reciprocity is the keystone for continuance—if the environment is healthy, people are more likely to be healthy. Equally, if people are healthy, the environment is more likely to be healthy; for both people and the environment to be healthy, their culture and economy must be healthy.

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“…It is also prominent in the surrounding countries south of the Himalayas: Nepal, Bhutan and in India, especially in the northern states Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh (Craig and Adams, 2008;Hofer, 2008;Craig and Glover, 2009;Kloos, 2013). The northern expansion extends into the republic of Mongolia and into Buryatia, the region east of Lake Baikal in the Siberian part of modern Russia.…”

Section: History Of Tibetan Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%