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Science of Pacific Island People, vol 3: Fauna, Flora, Food and Medicine

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Science of the Pacific Island Peoples is a series of four volumes which contains a unique collection of traditional scientific and technical knowledge from the Pacific Islands. Traditional knowledge, based on accumulated experience or continuous usage, is usually passsed from one generation to the next by work of mouth and demonstration. Having had little attention from the media, education ministries, or development agencies, traditional knowledge is in danger of being forgotten. These books attempt to record some aspects of traditional knowledge before they are lost. This, the third volume, on Fauna, Flora, Food & Medicine contains chapters on food technology, women's plants in Vanuatu, medicine in the Eastern Caroline Islands, the kiore rat in Aotearoa/New Zealand, marine animals in Wayan, classification and collection, ethnobotany, medical plants in Papua New Guinea, tree farming in Vanuatu, and healers on Guam. The other volumes in the series are Ocean and Coastal Studies ; Land Use and Agriculture ; and Education, Language, Patterns, and Policy .

Pages: 237

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Institute of Pacific Studies

Release: December 12, 1994

ISBN: 9820201063

ISBN 13: 9789820201064

Science of Pacific Island People, vol 3: Fauna, Flora, Food and Medicine

0/5 ( ratings)

Science of the Pacific Island Peoples is a series of four volumes which contains a unique collection of traditional scientific and technical knowledge from the Pacific Islands. Traditional knowledge, based on accumulated experience or continuous usage, is usually passsed from one generation to the next by work of mouth and demonstration. Having had little attention from the media, education ministries, or development agencies, traditional knowledge is in danger of being forgotten. These books attempt to record some aspects of traditional knowledge before they are lost. This, the third volume, on Fauna, Flora, Food & Medicine contains chapters on food technology, women's plants in Vanuatu, medicine in the Eastern Caroline Islands, the kiore rat in Aotearoa/New Zealand, marine animals in Wayan, classification and collection, ethnobotany, medical plants in Papua New Guinea, tree farming in Vanuatu, and healers on Guam. The other volumes in the series are Ocean and Coastal Studies ; Land Use and Agriculture ; and Education, Language, Patterns, and Policy .

Pages: 237

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Institute of Pacific Studies

Release: December 12, 1994

ISBN: 9820201063

ISBN 13: 9789820201064

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