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A weed by any other name? Comparing local knowledge and uses of environmental weeds around the Indian Ocean

Research fields Political ecologies
Keywords India
Invasive species
Environmental weed
Lantana camara
Grevillea banskii
Funding Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Chief investigators H. Rangan, C. Kull, C. Shackleton, & R. Kannan. DP130103341
Duration July 2012 - December 2016
Website
Researchers Kull Christian (Principal Investigator) [web] [email]
Kull Christian (Project co-coordinator) [web] [email]

This study investigates how indigenous and rural communities in Australia, India, Madagascar, and South Africa perceive, classify, and use environmental weeds in their everyday livelihood and cultural activities.



Grevillea banksii