BACKGROUND As the prevalence of obesity increases in developing countries, the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) has become a public health problem, particularly in countries such as Guatemala with a high concentration of indigenous communities where the prevalence of stunting remains high. OBJECTIVE The aim was to describe and analyze the prevalence of DBM over time (1998-2008) in indigeno...

Rangelands in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini contain a rich diversity of valuable fodder trees shrubs. This research is the first attempt to document regional distribution these browse resources. Scientific publications, textbooks, databases, published reports were accessed compile database plant species that recorded as utilised by ruminants non-ruminants. Relevant forage attributes, such...

Indigenous knowledge of wild and cultivated plant use is linked to local culture and history. It should be regarded as a body of knowledge that has continually developed over time without the outside assistance of formal science. Pakistan has 18 different types of ecological zones with a variety of habitat types like the coastal Mangrove forests, the desert subtropical foothills dry and moist a...

Covering one sixth of the planet's surface and experiencing global climate change, Arctic is a place where indigenous peoples' lifestyles, eco-spiritual values unique flora fauna species are reproduced. Planetary humanitarian thought centres around Ocean, metaphorically referred to as modern Mediterranean. The challenge recognise spiritual intellectual heritage peoples in development resources ...