Extinction of indigenous languages leads to loss of exclusive knowledge about medicinal plants

Mongabay
Sep 20, 2021, 12:25 pm253 pts
“Every time a language disappears, a speaking voice also disappears, a way to make sense of reality disappears, a way to interact with nature disappears, a way to describe and name animals and plants disappears,” says Jordi Bascompte, researcher in the Department of Evolutional Biology and Environmental…

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