Ancestral ethnobotanical knowledge and its influence on socioeconomic activities

"The study of the composition, structure and dynamics of a forest represents an initial step for its knowledge, since associated with that knowledge a theoretical basis can be built that supports the conservation of genetic resources" (Jímenez et al., 2017, p. 59). In this sense, ethnobotanical studies are important not only to retrieve information on diversity and floristic composition but also to preserve the ancestral knowledge of communities.
Ecology, in terms of populations, focuses on the factors that influence the structure and process of the population, where this population is a group of individuals of a single species that inhabits a given area (Molles and Sher, 2019) . While ethnobotany is a mix between natural and social sciences that focuses on the relationships between plants and man. (Sanchez and Torres, 2020). Both sciences are important in studies of floristic composition, since ecology investigates the relationships of an organism with its habitat (Molles and Sher, 2019), thus, it can investigate the distribution and abundance of plants, which is conducive to ethnobotany. In addition, it should be emphasized that these studies contribute to the conservation of forest biodiversity (FAO, 2020).
The study of floristic composition and diversity allows identifying the richness and abundance of plant species found in a given space, so it is pertinent to develop floristic inventories that contain the species, genus and family of the various plants that inhabit a given space. specific place. In addition, research regarding studies of floristic composition and vegetation structure are essential for the management and development of plans for the conservation and sustainable use of the planet's ecosystems and the components that live on it; The information collected in these studies is essential to understand the dynamics of forests and the changes that human presence generates in them (Aguirre and Herrera, 2018).
Currently, indigenous and indigenous Amazonian communities have difficulties in obtaining recognition of traditional activities through a private conservation area in Peru (Calmet, 2018), so studies that cover their traditional knowledge, customs, their socioeconomic activities, among other aspects, preserve the different cosmovisions of these places.
This knowledge or ancestral uses are transmitted, fundamentally, orally between generations; This transmission can be vertical (from parents to children) or oblique (from wise older people to minors), according to Sánchez and Torres (2020).
Socioeconomic activities are interrelated with the environment, since said environment is a dynamic and complex system that constantly changes throughout the history of societies and nature (Jiménez et al., 2017). After the above, until now, it is observed that there is a close relationship between socioeconomic factors and eating habits, physical activity, since these factors influence physical-sports practice and nutrition (Sánchez and Izquierdo, 2021) .
For all the above, it is pertinent to know the diversity and floristic composition of ancestral ethnobotanical knowledge that influence socioeconomic activities.

Cite (APA)

Nieto, C., Pareja, V., & Dueñas, H. (2023). El conocimiento ancestral etnobotánico y su influencia en las actividades socioeconómicas. Editorial Tercer Sol. https://submission.editorialtercersol.com/index.php/SETS/catalog/book/120