Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13063062
Keywords
sustainable development goals; ethnobotany; human health; poverty; traditional knowledge; sustainable agriculture
Funding
- Central University of Kerala and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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The review highlights the significant role of traditional ethnobotanical knowledge (TEK) in achieving certain sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly in areas related to poverty, health, and climate action. To effectively achieve these goals, a deeper understanding of TEK, indigenous communities, and their future roles is crucial, emphasizing the need for collaboration among all stakeholders.
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals with 169 targets. The Agenda 2030 of the United Nations envisages a holistic approach to achieve these goals by focusing on humankind and the planet. In this review, we analyzed the scientific literature and technical reports of international bodies such as the United Nations and Food and Agriculture Organization relating to traditional ethnobotanical knowledge (TEK). The literature on TEK was mapped with the targets of the SDGs to determine the role of traditional knowledge in the realization of selected goals and targets. Our extensive and systematic reviewing of available literatures suggests that, of the 17 goals, at least seven goals are associated with TEK. To achieve these seven goals, a thorough understanding is required to disentangle the intricacies involving TEK, indigenous people holding TEK, and their future role in achieving the SDGs. Our review points towards the role of TEK in achieving goals linked to poverty, health and wellbeing, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life on land, and partnerships. In summary, we argue that achieving the intended outcomes of the SDGs and the targets requires concerted efforts of all relevant stakeholders, including indigenous communities, common citizens, scientists, policy makers, and world leaders.
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