Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems: Opportunities from the Biocultural World

ISBN-13: 9781032159034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 322 str.

Ranjay Kumar Singh; Nancy J. Turner; Victoria Reyes-Garcia

Opis

This book draws on valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations.
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.

Spis treści

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