Calendars and Ecosystem Management: Some Observations

Franco, F. Merlin

doi:10.1007/s10745-015-9740-6

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“…Indigenous seasonal calendars from around the world have illustrated how Indigenous knowledge and connection to country provide a deep and intimate understanding of the landscape [11,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. The Yugul Mangi Faiya En Sisen Kelenda adds to this growing collection, and aims to improve the evolving fire management practices of Indigenous land managers, while also providing an effective communication tool to increase awareness of Indigenous savanna burning.…”

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“…For example, some seasonal calendars depict ecological indicators or specific seasonal conditions as a guide for fire management [53,54], although this information is often not detailed for the primary purpose of the seasonal calendar. While seasonal calendars are generally popular for cross-cultural interpretation of Indigenous ecological knowledge, Prober et al [41] and Franco [55] noted that seasonal knowledge is underutilized in natural resource management.…”

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Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

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Indigenous fire management is experiencing a resurgence worldwide. Northern Australia is the world leader in Indigenous savanna burning, delivering social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits. In 2016, a greenhouse gas abatement fire program commenced in the savannas of south-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, managed by the Indigenous Yugul Mangi rangers. We undertook participatory action research and semi-structured interviews with rangers and Elders during 2016 and 2019 to investigate Indigenous knowledge and obtain local feedback about fire management. Results indicated that Indigenous rangers effectively use cross-cultural science (including local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge alongside western science) to manage fire. Fire management is a key driver in the production of bush tucker (wild food) resources and impacts other cultural and ecological values. A need for increased education and awareness about Indigenous burning was consistently emphasized. To address this, the project participants developed the Yugul Mangi Faiya En Sisen Kelenda (Yugul Mangi Fire and Seasons Calendar) that drew on Indigenous knowledge of seasonal biocultural indicators to guide the rangers’ fire management planning. The calendar has potential for application in fire management planning, intergenerational transfer of Indigenous knowledge and locally driven adaptive fire management.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

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“…From the present study, it becomes clear that the calendar information is disguised as plant indicators which act as a visual reminder to the community. It is rightly said that time commands collective actions of human activities (Prober et al 2011;Franco 2015). The information on the indicator plants used by Mao-Naga community for their health and social care systems may help to understand the relationship of humans and plants.…”

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“…"Time provide unified commands across temporal, spatial and cognitive scales to guide individual and collective human activities" F. Merlin Franco (2015) Interaction between humans and plants are critical to the progress of human civilization. Plants also play an important role for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (Tasser et al 2010).…”

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Community health care and belief system associated with selected plant species by Mao-Naga community in Manipur, India

Lokho¹,

Narasimhan²

2019

Pleione

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Plants are the backbone for life on earth and are essential for humans' survival. The study was carried out on Mao-Naga community of Manipur, India during the years 2015-2019. This paper presents eight indicator plants observed by the community in relation to health hazards for taking necessary precautions as preventive measure. The practices associated with this belief system are still in vogue. These belief systems based on understanding of nature portrays the concept of Human-Plant interaction and is an important aspect of cultural ecosystem services.

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“…Changes in weather can affect upon other agricultural activities, such as planting and harvesting crops, and thus ultimately disturb their seasonal calendar. Such changes in the calendars of the local people might also have implications upon ecosystem and ecosystem management (Franco, 2015). The increase in temperature and longer growing season can increase the upper limit of grasslands and grass production.…”

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Perceptions of agro-pastoralists towards the change in temperature and precipitation in the trans-Himalayan regions of Nepal

Aryal

Ghimire

Dhakal³

et al. 2017

Banko

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Climate change has emerged as a global concern despite its differential impacts across geographical, social and economic gradients. Understanding perceptions of local communities towards climate change is important as it advances the knowledge, and is the driver of autonomous adaptation and behavioral responses. The livelihood of the agro-pastoralists in the trans-Himalayan regions of Nepal depends on the natural resources, and is highly sensitive to the change in climatic variables. Although there are indications of pronounced climate change in terms of their important variables in the high-altitude compared to the lowland of Nepal, there is limited information on how communities living in those areas have perceived to the change. Realizing the significance of such information, perceptions of the agro-pastoralists towards the change in climatic variables were studied in the two important high-and trans-Himalayan districts-Dolpa and Mustang. The results of the study revealed that the perceptions of the agro-pastoralists correspond with the increasing trend of temperature and the changing (both increasing and decreasing) trends of precipitation. Moreover, the agropastoralists have perceived the decrease in snowfall and reported appearance of new forage and pasture species in rangelands. The findings will be useful to understand about the climate change in the high-and trans-Himalayan region, and to devise adaptation strategies in these areas. (MEA, 2005). Small island, least-developed and mountainous countries are more vulnerable to climate change (Klein, 2009). Due to its geo-political conditions and its potential impact on the economy, ecology, and environment, climate change is a major concern in the Himalayas (Liu and Rasul, 2007). The rate of increase in temperature is higher than the global average in the region, and the form of precipitation will be changed in the higher Himalayas where more rainfall will be expected than the snowfall (IPCC, 2007).Nepal is both the mountainous and the least developed country of the Himalayan region which is socio-politically, geographically and economically fragile. Climate change has emerged as a systematic threat compounding with other threats challenging the livelihood of people and sustainability of the traditional systems. The trends of temperature suggest that warming is more pronounced in the high-altitude areas than in the lower elevations of Nepal, and the nature of precipitation has also been changing (NAPA, 2010;Shrestha and Aryal, 2011). Previous studies (Gentle and Maraseni, 2012;Aryal et al., 2014a;Macchi et al., 2014) suggest that the climate change has affected the livelihood of the people in the mountainous areas of Himalayas. But, people living with high-poverty in the region have limited capacity to adapt with the climate change.Over two million Nepalese depend upon climate sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for their livelihood (Garg et al., 2007) 21Banko Janakari, Vol. 27, No. 1 22 be a greater impact over the natural and human systems o...

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Calendars and Ecosystem Management: Some Observations

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

Community health care and belief system associated with selected plant species by Mao-Naga community in Manipur, India

Perceptions of agro-pastoralists towards the change in temperature and precipitation in the trans-Himalayan regions of Nepal

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