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Indigenous Biosecurity
Published in Kezia Barker, Robert A. Francis, Routledge Handbook of Biosecurity and Invasive Species, 2021
Simon J. Lambert, Melanie Mark-Shadbolt
Indigenous concerns include not just the targeting of a species constructed by Western science and biosecurity regimes as unwanted but also the management approach adopted. This is exemplified in conflicts over the use of toxins to ‘manage’ a biosecurity issue: the ‘1080’ debate in New Zealand. Many Māori are angered by the method of aerial drops of bait poisoned with the pesticide sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) to control introduced Brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and other vertebrates (Ogilvie et al., 2010). Although research strongly points to the success of 1080 in allowing native vegetation to regenerate and endangered birds to recover, the debate has seen impassioned, even violent, opposition (Northcott and Persico, 2018). Māori researchers and communities sought acceptable solutions, and, through integrating science and mātauranga approaches, a naturally occurring, native plant-sourced toxin (tutin, from Coriaria arborea) was identified and found to be effective (Ogilvie et al., 2019). Further research and testing are taking place.
Refugees and Health
Published in Igor Vojnovic, Amber L. Pearson, Gershim Asiki, Geoffrey DeVerteuil, Adriana Allen, Handbook of Global Urban Health, 2019
Gordana Rabrenovic, Danijela V. Spasić, Tibrine da Fonseca
Refugees confront a broad range of problems that intersect with and exacerbate their health issues. In reception centers that accommodate migrant families, such as in the towns of Tutin and Sjenica, cases of domestic violence are reported, and local social and health services have become involved to take care of women and children victims. Also, case workers from Impuls, a nongovernmental human service organization in Tutin, reported cases of prostitution and sexual exploitation.
Ethnobotany of Teucrium Species
Published in José L. Martinez, Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, Mahendra Rai, Ethnobotany, 2019
Milan S. Stanković, Nenad M. Zlatić
Subspecies Teucrium scordium subsp. scordioides is distributed in southern and southeastern Europe, Asia Minor and northern parts of Africa. Wet soils, flood-meadows and swamps are found favourable for the growth and development of the species (Tutin and Wood 1972, Horvat et al. 1974, Diklic 1974, Ellenberg and Strutt 2009).
Wild garlic extract reduces lipid peroxidation in terbuthylazine-treated human erythrocytes
Published in Biomarkers, 2021
Biljana Davidović-Plavšić, Biljana Kukavica, Siniša Škondrić, Carlos Jimenez-Gallardo, Mirjana Žabić
One of the largest genera of monocots is the genus Allium L., which belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae (Govaerts et al. 2021). Allium ursinum L. (known as wild garlic, ramson, bear’s garlic, etc.) is a bulbous perennial plant widely distributed from temperate Europe to the Caucasus (Tutin 1957). The bulb is naked with a few parallel fibres at the base. Leaves are basal with a distinct petiole, narrowly elliptical to narrowly ovate, and acute. The solitary scape is two-angled or trigonous. The flowers are arranged in semispherical umbel-like inflorescences with two-valved spathes that are shorter than the flower pedicels. The perianth segments of the flowers are white, lanceolate, and acute. The stamens are shorter than the perianth segments. The ovary is deeply lobed with an entire stigma, and the fruit is in a capsule (Tutin 1957). A. ursinum inhabits woodlands and grows best in habitats that are constantly moist and well-illuminated (Tutin 1957). The plant material (A. ursinum leaves) were collected in the Gaj locality (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Laktaši municipality, 44° 55′ 18″ N, 17° 19′ 01″ E, 120 m a.s.l.).