Zemede Asfaw

TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.

TL;DR: Results of the survey showed that leaf materials form the major component of plant parts harvested, and the majority of the remedies are prepared in the form of juice from freshly collected plant parts.

TL;DR: Acculturation of the young generation has been found to be the major treat to the continuation of traditional medical knowledge and practice in the study area and efforts should be made to incorporate traditional medicine in school curricula so that younger people could appreciate its usefulness.

TL;DR: The studied medicinal plants were those used in traditional health care of humans and livestock and only very few individuals of each species were found in the area and this might be attributed to the ongoing habitat modification and loss of natural vegetation.

TL;DR: The study indicated that men, older people and illiterate ones had better knowledge of medicinal plants use as compared to women, younger people and literate ones, respectively.