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This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve o...


López, C.Shanley, P.Fantini, A.C.[Riches of the forest: fruits, remedies and handicrafts in Latin America]Riches of the forest: fruits, remedies and handicrafts in Latin America

This book contains 17 case studies of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Africa. it reveals an ancient system of resources moving through space and time, resources which further enable African people benefit from their marketing capacity locally. As these case studies show, establishing or str...


Sunderland, T.C.H.Ndoye, O.[Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa]Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa
Autor: Poulsen, J.

The conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources has been a high priority under the Convention on Biological Diversity for more than a decade. Many studies have been conducted on this subject in tropical forests. The aim of this book is to bring together many of these studies in order to ev...


Poulsen, J.[Human impacts on tropical forest biodiversity and genetic resources]Human impacts on tropical forest biodiversity and genetic resources
Newing, H.Pinker, A.Leake, H.[Our knowledge for our survival: volume 1 - regional case studies on traditional forest related knowledge and the implementation of related international commitments]Our knowledge for our survival: volume 1 - regional case studies on traditional forest related knowledge and the implementation of related international commitments

A conceptual framework for evaluating cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is developed based on a Kenyan case study. It depicts livestock production as a system where farm animals, plants, land and water are interlinked in particular ways and are also interlinked with the environment....


Karugia, Joseph T.Okeyo Mwai, AllyKaitho, R.J.Wollny, C.B.A.Drucker, A.G.Rege, J.E.O.[Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study]Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study

Community seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies.


Vernooy, RonnieShrestha, P.Sthapit, B.R.[Community seed banks: origins, evolution and prospects.]Community seed banks: origins, evolution and prospects.

This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve o...


López, C.Shanley, P.Cuba-Cronkleton, M.[Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina]Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina

Rehabilitation of degraded forest lands has been ongoing in China for centuries. Efforts intensified from the 1980s as forest resources became scarcer and environmental problems worsened. This report presents the main results of a study assessing past and ongoing rehabilitation efforts through a ...


Chokkalingam, U.Zhou ZaichiWang ChunfengToma, T.[Learning lessons from China’s forest rehabilitation efforts: national level review and special focus on Guangdong Province]Learning lessons from China’s forest rehabilitation efforts: national level review and special focus on Guangdong Province

This book contains 20 case studies that explain how a selection of forest resources featuring forest plans, animals and fungi are harvested, processed and traded. The botanical cases are presented according to the main part of the plant being used - the fruit, bark or resin. Sometimes the plants ...


López, C.Shanley, P.[Riches of the forest: food, spices, crafts and resins of Asia]Riches of the forest: food, spices, crafts and resins of Asia

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