In this chapter, it discusses the way the Uma’ Jalan Kenyah of East Kalimantan view their agroforestry system. The Uma’ Jalan do not make the strict division that we do between “agriculture” and “forestry.” For ease of explanation, however, it first describes their view of ricefields, home garden...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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[Beyond slash and burn: a searching look at Uma’ jalan forest knowledge]
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Beyond slash and burn: a searching look at Uma’ jalan forest knowledge
This chapter reports the results of research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, originally designed to assess quickly and easily the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management. The authors briefly describe pertinent results from their assessment methods. Although the funct...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Wadley, R.L.
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[From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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From "participation" to "rights and responsibilities" in forest management: workable methods and unworkable assumptions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Shrestha, P.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: function and activities]
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Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: function and activities
Shrestha, P.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: sustainability]
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Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: sustainability
Scurrah, M.
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Haan, Stef de
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Winge, T.
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[Cataloguing potato varieties and traditional knowledge from the Andean highlands of Huancavelica, Peru.]
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Cataloguing potato varieties and traditional knowledge from the Andean highlands of Huancavelica, Peru.
This chapter compares forest gardens among Dayak indigenous farmers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It provides a detailed analyses of 5 plots of “tembawang” forest. Tembawang are forest that are “recreated” on land that was used before as agricultural land. Dayak farmers as arule reserve certain ...
Jong, W. de
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[Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan]
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Recreating the forest: successful examples of ethnoconservation among Dayak groups in central West Kalimantan
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Biodiversity: treasures in the world's forests - concluding statement of the Forum]
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Biodiversity: treasures in the world's forests - concluding statement of the Forum
Sidibe, A.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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N'Danikou, Sognigbe
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[Mali: an overview of community seed and gene banks]
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Mali: an overview of community seed and gene banks
Jarvis, Devra I.
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Hodgkin, T.
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Brown, A.H.D.
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Tuxill, J.
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Smale, M.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Abiotic and biotic components of agricultural ecosystems]
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Abiotic and biotic components of agricultural ecosystems
The foundation of rice production in the dry zone of Sri Lanka is a hydraulic civilization spanning at least 2,000 years, and based on constructed small irrigation tanks. Dotted across much of the dry zone, and often constituting cascades, the traditional management of these tanks for dry season ...
Curnow, J.
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Silva, Sanjiv de
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[Traditional knowledge applied to the management of small tank wetland systems in Sri Lanka]
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Traditional knowledge applied to the management of small tank wetland systems in Sri Lanka