Book Description

Ethnobiological knowledge is very ancient in India. Ethnobiology describes how people of a particular culture and region make use of indigenous plants and animals. Tribal communities are mainly the forest dwellers who have accumulated a rich knowledge of forests and forest products over centuries. Ethno-zoology focuses at direct relationship of animals to mankind. The term 'Ethnozoology' as a branch of science that deals with role of economically important animals in life and socio-cultural aspects of tribal or aboriginal peoples. The most important aspect in this context ramifies on traditional mode of treatments of various kinds of elements using animals and animal products in tribal community. Although inadequate, attempts have been made to elucidate medicinal significance of animals and animal products in certain tribal communities from the Indian subcontinent, Jamir and Lal (2005).