Empirical study of indigenous knowledge of local communities in the exploitation of medicinal services of the country's mangrove habitats

Garmaeepour, Roghayeh; Danehkar, Afshin; Alam Baigi, Amir; Alizadeh Shabani, Afshin

Empirical study of indigenous knowledge of local communities in the exploitation of medicinal services of the country's mangrove habitats

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Roghayeh Garmaeepour ¹

Afshin Danehkar ²

Amir Alam Baigi ³

Afshin Alizadeh Shabani ⁴

¹ Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

² Academic member at the University of Tehran

³ Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

⁴ Associate professor, Department of Natural Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

Grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) is one of the unique halophytic mangrove plants that forms the coastal forests (Mangal) in the tropical and subtropical areas. Ecosystem services refer to the benefits that humans get from ecosystems, providing medicine from mangrove forests and traditional medicine is one of the cultural services of mangrove forests. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the medicinal properties of mangrove forests in native mangrove communities in the south of the country. In this study, it was found that it has many medicinal uses, including the treatment of gastric ulcer, stomachache, urolithiasis, and etc. The results of this research can be used in the preparation of industrial medicines from the country's mangrove species in the future.

Keywords

Ecosystem services

Cultural services

Medicine

Traditional medicine

Mangroves

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