Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems (eBook, ePUB)

Opportunities from the Biocultural World
Redaktion: Singh, Ranjay Kumar; Pretty, Jules; Reyes-Garcia, Victoria; Turner, Nancy J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000508024
• Artikelnr.: 62652203

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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