Carvalho, Ana MariaRamos, Margarida Telo2011-05-232011-05-232010Carvalho, Ana Maria; Ramos, Margarida Telo (2010). Ethnobotany and traditional knowledge in the Northeastern Portugal: Past and present plant use and management. In VIII International Ethnobotany Symposium. Lisboahttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/4496Resumo publicado da comunicação oral apresentada no painel Portuguese Ethnobotany do VIII International Ethnobotany Symposium, Lisboa, PortugalTraditional plant use was/is largely based on a rich and diverse wild flora existing in the Portuguese north-eastern region and on daily agricultural practices and management. Decades of isolation and economic and social constrains promoted a local knowledge and expertise and constructed a folk plant-use system which is suffering a recent decline, although the persistence of some plant-based uses applied simultaneous with modern trends, recently introduced in local culture by present-day media, popular books and middle-aged emigrants returning home, for instance.engPortugues EthnobotanyEtnobotânica PortuguesaTEKPlantas e saberesPlant usePlantas e usosconference object