Bridges Between Tradition and Innovation in Ethnomedicine: Fostering Local Development Through Community-Based Enterprises in India

Torri, Maria Costanza; Herrmann, Thora Martina

Community-based enterprises are the result of a process in which the community acts entrepreneurially to create and operate a new enterprise embedded in its existing social structure and network. This book argues that community-based enterprise could represent a strategy for fostering sustainable local development while at the same time maintaining traditional knowledge in ethnomedicine and conserving the local ecosystems.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-08-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789400711129

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1113-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 222