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Messages from the Gods - A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize (Paperback)
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Messages from the Gods - A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize (Paperback)
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Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically and
culturally diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species
of plants can be found here, within a diversity of ecological
habitats. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists,
hosting over 900,000 visitors annually, who enjoy the natural
habitat and friendly people of this nation. Many of the plants of
Belize have a long history of being "useful," with properties that
have served traditional herbal healers of the region as well as
those who use plants as food, forage, fiber, ornament, in
construction and ritual, along with many other purposes. With
Messages from the Gods: A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize,
Drs. Michael Balick and Rosita Arvigo give us the definitive
resource on the many species of plants in Belize and their
folklore, as well as the natural history of the region and a
detailed discussion of "bush" uses of plants, including for
traditional healing and life in the forest, past and present. Both
Balick and Arvigo bring important perspectives to the project,
Balick as ethnobotanical scientist from The New York Botanical
Garden, and Arvigo as a former apprentice to a Belizean healer and
an experienced physician. The book has been decades in the making,
a culmination of a biodiversity research project that The New York
Botanical Garden and international and local collaborators have had
in motion since 1987. Drs. Balick, Arvigo and their colleagues have
collected and identified thousands of plants from the region, and
have worked extensively with hundreds of Belizean people, many of
them herbal healers and bushmasters, to record uses for many of the
species. This collaboration with local plant experts has produced a
fascinating discussion of the intersection of herbal medicine and
spiritual belief in the area, and these interviews are used to
compliment and contextualize the numerous species accounts
presented. The book is both a cultural study and a specialized
field guide; information is provided on many different native and
introduced plants in Belize and their traditional and contemporary
uses including as food, medicine, fiber, in spiritual practices and
many other purposes. Richly illustrated with over 600 images and
photographs, Messages from the Gods: A Guide to The Useful Plants
of Belize will serve as the primary reference and guide to the
ethnobotany of Belize for many years to come.
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