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People and Plants International - Current Programs
... of these regulatory instruments at the local level. 5. Cultural landscapes and indigenous resource rights: Local and indigenous groups often experience fragmentation and become alientated from their cultural and natural heritage as a result of external development, conservation or resource extraction interventions. PPI helps local peoples ...
peopleandplants.org

People and Plants Online - Current Newsletter
... successfully used applied ethnobotany in local communities for the benefit of conservation and the sustainable use of resources and to improve the livelihood of local peoples. The publications -- books, handbooks and ... supervised locally and with mentors from the People and Plants team, and focussing on local conservation and development issues. Many hundreds of other people have attended shorter P& ...
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What's New | USDA PLANTS
... publication, the first in a series, highlights the traditional ecological knowledge acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundreds of years through direct experience and contact with the environment. The publication uses ...
plants.usda.gov

Endangered Languages
... environment by both local groups and outside forces. External pressures commonly promote tensions and conflicts over local peoples' land rights and impinge on these peoples' human, including cultural and linguistic, rights. They also foster change in perceptions and attitudes on the part of local peoples, ...
ucjeps.berkeley.edu

Welcome to University of Hawaii at Manoa Botany
... and management Community Ecology Plant-animal interactions Seed dispersal and seed predation Indigenous peoples and their wildlife management systems Scale and ecological systems Statement I am ... also interested in traditional and emerging methods of resource management by indigenous and local peoples, and the management of introduced vertebrates on islands. I am committed to disseminating ...
www.botany.hawaii.edu

Fragoso Lab, Conservation and Ecology
... population, community, and landscape levels; Traditional and emerging methods of resource management by indigenous and local peoples; Wildlife ecology and management. Tropical Rainforest Maraca-Brazil We are committed to disseminating and stimulating ...
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Amazon Conservation Team: About the Amazon Conservation Team
... The intrinsic link between ecosystem health and human health from the perspective of many indigenous peoples, the importance of physical health to overall well-being, and the central role that ... focused on protecting land from people. But, in the case of some indigenous groups, these local peoples may present an extraordinary conservation opportunity. They want to protect the lands, but they need ...
www.ethnobotany.org

Amazon Conservation Team: ACT NewsletterJune 2005
... Friends, Cultural Preservation Much of ACT's focus entails partnering with indigenous and other tribal peoples to facilitate and enhance their stewardship of their traditional lands. In the short term, ... while also learning from past mistakes. In many cases, ACT collaborates with not only with local peoples in Amazonia, but others from the US and Canada as well whose vast experience serve ...
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The Mongongo Nut, Ricinodendron rautanenii
... the sun, and store it for use later in the year. Both Bantu and Bushman peoples use the fruits, with the modern preference being to boil the whole fruit to remove ... was exported from Namibias dryland Tsumeb forests; presumably with little consideration they were comandeering the local peoples most important food source in an unforgiving environment. Natural Distribution The Manketti is a tree ...
www.naturalhub.com

This is Local London | CommuniGate | Tongues of Fire! home page
... | CommuniGate | Tongues of Fire! home page This is Local London | CommuniGate | Tongues of Fire! Feedback Tongues of Fire! home page Tongues of Fire! - the ... a love of music and a love of God. Our aim is to touch other peoples hearts through the music we play. The band has been active since 1995, helping to ...
www.communigate.co.uk

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