Social Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems

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

• 1. The Food/Medicine/Poison Triangle: Implications for Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems of Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia, Canada by Nancy J. Turner2. Integration into the Market Economy and Dietary Change: An Empirical Study of Dietary Transition in the Amazon by Elizabeth Byron and Victoria Reyes-Garca3. The Loss of Local Livelihoods and Local Knowledge: Implications for Local Food Systems by Sarah Pilgrim-Morrison and Jules Pretty4 The Seasonal Migration of Thai Berry Pickers in Finland: Non-wood Forest Products for Poverty Alleviation or Source of Imminent Conflict? Celeste Lacuna-Richman5 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biocultural Diversity for Subsistence Livelihoods: A Cross Cultural Study by Ranjay K. Singh, Anamika Singh, Anshuman Singh and B.S. Dwivedi6 Status and Contribution of Non-cultivated Food Plants Used by Dawro People in Loma District, South Ethiopia7. 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 by Hui Tag, P. Kalita, Ranjay, K. Singh and A.K. Das8 New Shoots, Old Roots the Incorporation of Alien Weeds into Traditional Food Systems by Michelle Cocks, Tony Dold and Madeleen Husselman9. Edible Fungi in Mesoamerican Lowlands: A Barely Studied Resource by Felipe Ruan-Soto and Joaqun Cifuentes10. Menu for Survival: Plants, Architecture, and Stories of the Nisgaa Oolichan Fishery by Nancy Mackin and Deanna Nyce11. Salmon Food Webs: SAANICH First Nation Peoples Intrinsic Interconnectedness to Salmon Fishing and Conservation on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada by Roxanne Paul12. Tsampa of Ladakh: Adaptation of a Traditional Food at Higher Altitude and Emergent Changes by Konchok Targais, Dorjey Angchok, Tsering Stobdan, R.B. Srivastava and Ranjay Singh13. Bioculturally Important Indigenous Fruit Tree Mahua (Madhuca spp.; Sapotaceae): Its Role in Community-Based Adaptive Management by Anshuman Singh, Ranjay K. Singh, Sarvesh Tripathy and BS Dwivedi