Cross-cultural diversity analysis: traditional knowledge and uses of freshwater fish species by indigenous peoples of southern Punjab, Pakistan

• Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
• Main Authors: Khalid Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Altaf, Tanveer Hussain, Rana Manzoor Ahmad, Sayed Muhammad Zain Ul Abdeen, Andrea Pieroni, Arshad Mahmood Abbasi, Shahzad Ali, Sana Ashraf, Naila Amjad, Abdul Majid Khan, Rainer W. Bussmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: Pakistan; Medicinal; Raho; Traditional knowledge; Ethnozoology; Other systems of medicine; RZ201-999; Botany; QK1-989; Gora; Attu
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00573-1; https://doaj.org/article/85e889cdc7554a63a4ed7eed6a7b6ce6

Abstract Background Fisheries have tremendous cultural and educational importance in human societies. The world is undergoing fast environmental and cultural changes, and local knowledge is being lost. Understanding how people interpret environmental change and develop practices in response to such...