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Ancestral Genetic Resources Provide an Alternative to GMO Crops

Eubanks, Mary W. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Concern about the effects of pesticides on human health and the environment, has been a major rationale for promoting transgenic crops, often referred to as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), or as genetically enhanced ...
Application of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Practices of Indigenous Hawaiians to the Revegetation of Kaho'olawe

Gon, Samuel M. III (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Kaho'olawe Island has been established as a natural and cultural reserve, and an ongoing process of removal of dangerous unexploded ordnance is to be followed by a restoration of the native vegetation of the island, now ...
Back To The Future: Using Traditional Knowledge to Strengthen Biodiversity Conservation in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Raynor, Bill; Kostka, Mark (Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Pohnpei's traditional belief system strongly supports conservation, but years of foreign rule and influence, population growth, excessive US aid, shift to a cash economy and other factors have combined to weaken the ...
Emerging Synergies Between Information Technology and Applied Ethnobotanical Research

Thomas, Michael B. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Ethnobotanical research has historically played a vital role in humankinds understanding of the relationship between people and the biological environment. Today, it remains a rapidly growing field of research, gaining ...
The Ethnobotany of the Yanomami Indians

Prance, Ghillean T. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)
Medicinal Plant Use in Reproductive Health Disorders

Ramihantaniariyo, Herlyne; Ramambazafy, Richard F.; Quansah, Nat (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Information gathered on the behavior of outpatients with regards to treating reproductive health disorders is reported. The information was gathered at the Reproductive Health Unit, University Training Hospital / 'Institut ...
A Practitioners Perspectives: Traditional Tannin-Treatment Against Intestinal Parasites in Sheep and Cattle

Aas, Eilif (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Around the world indigenous groups have traditionally used leaves, bark and roots containing tannins to treat diarrhea and intestinal parasites in humans and livestock. Traditional veterinary medicine has largely been ...
Te Hoe Nuku Roa: A Journey Towards Maori Centered Research

Forster, Margaret (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

Maori people have a unique body of knowledge that, while based on ancestral traditions, has adapted to meet contemporary challenges. While Maori knowledge is widely applied in Maori communities it is now increasingly being ...
Tobacco Basket

Stevens, Michelle L. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)
Why Launch a New Journal?

McClatchey, Will; Thomas, Michael B. (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)