Isolation & Documentation of Indigenous Knowledge & Conservation of Traditional Practices in Theni, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai, Dindigul and Madurai Districts in Tamilnadu

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)
Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP)

Isolation & Documentation of Indigenous Knowledge & Conservation of Traditional Practices in Theni, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai, Dindigul and Madurai Districts in Tamilnadu by Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu.

Objectives:

v Isolate and record the local knowledge systems, including the local species, communities, or ecosystems, the quantity and type of products obtained, the management systems employed in the Districts earmarked.

v Determine how farmers, foragers and other local men in these districts conceive of biodiversity, conservation, sustainability and the cultural basis of their views.

v Provide information to various agencies, foragers’ agencies, educational institutions on the indigenous traditional Knowledge and oral traditions to promote the application of local knowledge to modern resource management.

The following information were collected under the project:

Traditional medical practices	3554
Traditional Medical practitioners details	57
Traditional Agricultural practices	289
Tribal Medical practices	119
Tribal Medical practitioners details	4
Herbarium of rare & endangered medical plants	350
Red list of rare & endangered medical plants	230
Specimen of crude drugs used by traditional medical Practitioners	200
Publication of successful medical practitioners	57

For query, contact to

Shri M. Palanivelu, Principal Investigator
Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy
Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil-626 190
Srivilliputtur (Via) Virudhunagar District, Tamilnadu (India)
akcp_ced@yahoo.co.in

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Updated on: October 10. 2008