Ethnobotanical Survey of Wild Plants Utilized for Craft Making and Local Construction among the Tiv People of Benue State, Nigeria

Ethnobotanical Survey of Endangered Antimalarial and Analgesic Plants of Togo for the Safeguard of the Medicinal Biodiversity

“…In other West Africa ethnic groups, U. chamae and Parkia biglobosa were used for craft making and/or construction. This is an important factor for endangerment of medicinal plant [2].…”

“…Plants have been used since long time by human to satisfy a variety of needs among witch accommodation, furniture, household energy, craft jobs and health care. The last need, requiring medicinal plants [1,2], became an imperative in primary health care of people in poor countries especially those in south Saharan Africa. With the rapid growth of the population, the insecurity and the increasing of people's vulnerability along the years, these peoples have a drastic human pressure on medicinal biodiversity.…”

Plant Resource Utilization and Conservation Strategies Among Rural Communities of Gwandum, Shongom Lga of Gombe State

“…From time immemorial plants have played key roles in sustaining cultural identities and livelihood of indigenous communities particularly in developing countries where the burden of deteriorating nature as a result of intensifying impacts of changing climate, landuse pattern, and socioeconomic stressors are immensely felt with little or no copping mechanism (Barnes, 2002;Rasethe et al, 2013;Koseo et al, 2019;Singh et al, 2021). Marginalized indigenous communities in diverse socio-ecological settings in Nigeria use locally adapted wild plant resources to sustain their wellbeing and cultural identity (Offiah et al, 2011;Shomkegh et al, 2013;Shinkafi et al, 2015;Lawal et al, 2022). This means that the interaction of local communities with plant biodiversity influenced by the communal perception and adopted management strategies ultimately shapes local conservation efforts (Ramakrishnan et al, 2007;Rasethe et al, 2013;Dunn, 2018;Mauerhofer et al2018).…”