Rainforest pharmacopeia in Madagascar provides high value for current local and prospective global uses.

Botanical diversity provides value to humans through carbon sequestration, air and water purification, and the provisioning of wild foods and ethnomedicines. Here we calculate the value of botanical ethnomedicines in a rainforest region of Madagascar, the Makira Protected Area, using a substitution...

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Main Authors: Christopher D Golden, B J Rodolph Rasolofoniaina, E J Gasta Anjaranirina, Lilien Nicolas, Laurent Ravaoliny, Claire Kremen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22848447/?tool=EBI