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This paper looks at forests as sources of local environmental services (e.g. nutrient recycling and soil formation). It is through the fall in supply of these services that forest communities bear the external costs that are not included in the price of timber and other forest products. Local env...


Nathan, D.Kelkar, G.[Case for local forest management: environmental services, internationalisation of costs and markets]Case for local forest management: environmental services, internationalisation of costs and markets
Autor: Wang Qinghua

This case study of the Hani in the Ailao mountains of Yunnan, China, highlights the importance of forests in providing local ecological services that are essential for the system of terraced agriculture. The paper investigates local people's knowledge of these ecological services, including water...


Wang Qinghua[Forest management and terraced agriculture: case study of Hani of Ailao mountains, Yunnan]Forest management and terraced agriculture: case study of Hani of Ailao mountains, Yunnan

This is a brief article, built on the knowledge of “Pui Pelibut” with whom Colfer stayed when she lived in Long Segar, East Kalimantan in 1979-80 (and from time to time since then). The article examines the beads in two necklaces, identifying their probable ultimate sources in Europe or China, an...


Colfer, C.J.P.Pelibut, Juk Along[Beadlore of the Uma' Jalan Kenyah]Beadlore of the Uma' Jalan Kenyah

This paper reports on action research that evaluated local perceptions and knowledge of indigenous tree planting and management in the Romwe catchment, Chivi district, southern of Zimbabwe. The species tested were the overexploited Afzelia quanzensis, important for timber and carvings of sculptur...


Gerhardt, K.Nemarundwe, N.[Participatory planting and management of indigenous trees: lessons from Chivi district, Zimbabwe]Participatory planting and management of indigenous trees: lessons from Chivi district, Zimbabwe

To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon. By measuring the energy expended by people dur...


Durán H., ZulmaArguello A., HeliodoroTapasco, Jeimar[A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana]A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana
Winowiecki, Leigh A.Whelan, Matthew PMcDaniel, Paul AVillalobos, MarilynSomarriba, Eduardo[Local soil knowledge and its use in crop allocation: Implications for landscape-scale agricultural production and conservation efforts in Talamanca, Costa Rica]Local soil knowledge and its use in crop allocation: Implications for landscape-scale agricultural production and conservation efforts in Talamanca, Costa Rica

Modern agricultural systems that promote cultivation of a very limited number of crop species have relegated indigenous crops to the status of neglected and underutilised crop species (NUCS). The complex interactions of water scarcity associated with climate change and variability in sub-Saharan ...


Chivenge, P.P.Mabhaudhi, T.Modi, A.Mafongoya, P.L.[The potential role of neglected and underutilised crop species as future crops under water scarce conditions in sub-Saharan Africa.]The potential role of neglected and underutilised crop species as future crops under water scarce conditions in sub-Saharan Africa.

Smallholder farming communities face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally adapted, low-input agriculture. The benefits of modern crop breeding may fail to reach their fields when broadly adapted genetic materials do not address local requirements. To date, participatory metho...


Mancini, C.Mengistu, D.K.Pè, M.E.Fadda, CarloDell'Acqua, M.Melfa and Workaye Farmer CommunityKidane, Y.G.[Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat]Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat

Valuation of farmer knowledge has been seen as a route to promote sustainable use of plant genetic resources. In pineapple production systems in Benin, inadequate knowledge of cultivation practices can lead to a number of inconveniences including abandon of some varieties and cultivars. To un...


Achigan-Dako, E.G.Adje, C.A.N'Danikou, SognigbeFassinou-Hotegnim N.V.Agbangla, C.Ahanchédé, A.[Drivers of conservation and utilization of pineapple genetic resources in Benin]Drivers of conservation and utilization of pineapple genetic resources in Benin

Indigenous knowledge is unevenly distributed. Individual knowledge level may be affected by many factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, profession, religious and cultural beliefs, abundance and usefulness of the species. This study documents indigenous knowledge of herbaceous and woody plant spe...


Ayantunde, Augustine A.Briejer, M.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Udo, H.M.J.Tabo, Ramadjita[Botanical knowledge and its differentiation by age, gender and ethnicity in southwestern Niger]Botanical knowledge and its differentiation by age, gender and ethnicity in southwestern Niger

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