This research was conducted in the natural
reserve Ngoc Son-Ngo Luong, Hoa Binh province, Viet Nam.
The region however, has been the habitat of Muong ethnic
group for thousands of years. To guarantee and improve the
living standard of the local people, scientific support to
identify and apply sustainable land management practices
was highly needed. The "ethnopedological science" provides
a promising tool to link this local and scientific soil
knowledge. The book has been organised in six...