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科技整合學科：植物學、語言學、農學、人類學、藥物化學、地質學...

Ethnobotany is the study of plants used by specific cultures for various reasons. Ethnobotany is considered a new, yet vast science drawing upon the studies of Botany, Anthropology, Phytochemistry, Sociology, Medicine as well as Agriculture. The study of the ethnic uses of plant species is very important to modern medicine, agriculture and even the manufacturing industrial sectors
of society. All of society is dependent upon plants and the products they produce. Ethnobotany oftentimes evokes an image of the very far away, exotic tropics and Indiana Jones type researchers discovering new plants which have never been seen. In fact Ethnobotany can be as simple as the study of cotton in the USA? or the History of the Tomato?

Ethnobotany is very important because it traces the development of humanity, even the most ancient of civilizations relied upon agriculture and the domestication of certain forage, medical, fiber, culinary and plants used for dyes. In our modern world we use less then 100 species for food, yet there are
potentially thousands of plants which have yet to be seen in our local markets, and many of these species are more nutritious and flavorful then the ones purchases, yet every other year a new species shows up, a few exotic fruit?

Ethnobotany also traces the development of modern Medicine and Herbalism, the Paper Industry, The Chemical Industry, Rubber Industry and as mentioned above the Food Industry.

Every year new species are being discovered or are being reconsidered for modern applications in all the above Industries and Sciences. It has now become a concern of the modern world to preserve and gather all information on the utility of these plant species. And this research is not beyond the reach of the common person, it is just often times over looked, for instance; Do you know the herbal remedies that say your grandmother or great grandmother used to for illnesses? Do you know how they harvested, dyed and made fabric from simple cotton or flax? If not then you can see why this science is most important.

Article 8 ( j)

第８條　原境保育

每一締約國應盡可能並酌情：

依照國家立法，尊重、保存和維持原住民和地方社區體現傳統生活方式而與生物多樣性的保育和持久使用相關的知識、創新和做法並促進其廣泛應用，由此等知識、創新和做法的擁有者認可和參與其事並鼓勵公平地分享因利用此等知識、創新和做法而獲得的利益；

第10條　生物多樣性組成部分的持久使用

每一締約應盡可能並酌情：

保障及鼓勵那些按照傳統文化慣例而且符合保育或持久使用要求的生物資源習慣使用方式；
在生物多樣性已減少的退化地區支助地方居民規劃和實施補救行動；

日記範例：H.C. Conklin, 1954

清晨6點，Langa與我由Parina赴Bilinli。...。在Aressas時，Langa要我由一棵樹，叫做amapla kilala的 [Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth.]，砍下若干條樹皮，大小約10 x 50 cm，用來預防水蛭。將這些樹皮的形成層部位在腿與腳跟上不斷的摩擦，由於腳已經被樹葉沾濕，因此含有皂素 (而且具毒性，見：Quisumling, 1947, p.148)的樹皮就在腳上形成粉紅色的泡沫黏質，對於趕走水蛭很有效。...。 Langa突然停住，用柺杖朝小徑旁猛刺，然後拉出一種小雜草，稱作tawag kugum buladlad的 (Buchnera urticifolia R.Br.)，他告訴我這可以塗上槍矛，準備用來獵野豬。...。

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第８條 原境保育

第10條 生物多樣性組成部分的持久使用

第８條　原境保育

第10條　生物多樣性組成部分的持久使用