Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems

Opportunities from the Biocultural World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations. The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems. This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:350
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032159034

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Ranjay Kumar Singh, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, IndiaNancy J. Turner, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., CanadaVictoria Reyes-Garcia, ICREA and Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, SpainJules Pretty, Essex Sustainability Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Food/Medicine/Poison Triangle: Implications for Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems of Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia, Canada 2. Integration into the Market Economy and Dietary Change: An Empirical Study of Dietary Transition in the Amazon 3. The Loss of Local Livelihoods and Local Knowledge: Implications for Local Food Systems 4. The Seasonal Migration of Thai Berry Pickers in Finland: Non-wood Forest Products for Poverty Alleviation or Source of Imminent Conflict? 5. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biocultural Diversity for Subsistence Livelihoods: A Cross Cultural Study 6. Status and Contribution of Non-cultivated Food Plants Used by Dawro People in Loma District, South Ethiopia 7. Biocultural Resources and Traditional Food Systems of Nyishi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (India): An Empirical Learning on the Role of Mythology and Folklore in Conservation 8. New Shoots, Old Roots - the Incorporation of Alien Weeds into Traditional Food Systems 9. Edible Fungi in Mesoamerican Lowlands: A Barely Studied Resource 10. Menu for Survival: Plants, Architecture, and Stories of the Nisga'a Oolichan Fishery 11. Salmon Food Webs: SAANICH First Nation Peoples' Intrinsic Interconnectedness to Salmon Fishing and Conservation on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 12. Tsampa of Ladakh: Adaptation of a Traditional Food at Higher Altitude and Emergent Changes 13. Bioculturally Important Indigenous Fruit Tree Mahua (Madhuca spp.; Sapotaceae): It's' Role in Community-Based Adaptive Management