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Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between people and plants, including how different cultures make use of indigenous plants for uses such as medicine, religious ceremonies, food, housing, and clothing, and how people view nature. Currently, sustainable economies are involved in bioprospecting for new medicinal plants, creating seed banks to maintain genetic diversity, and tackling the issues of genetic property rights.
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aboriginal botany, indigenous plant use, traditional medicine, medicinal plants, spiritual plant use, native plants, plant knowledge, economic botany, intellectual property rights, cultural heritage, food plants, human diet, agriculture, cultivars, varieties, landraces, plant domestication, nutrition, cereals, bioprospecting, seed banks, ethnozoology, agricultural diversity, botanical gardens, benefits sharing, earth medicine, herbal medicines, ethnobiology
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