Examining the Consistency of Folk Identifications of Trees to Implement Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring

Turreira-García, Nerea; Brofeldt, Søren; Meilby, Henrik; Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt; Girmansyah, Deden; Xuyến, Đỗ Thị; Lâm, Nguyễn Thanh; Siregar, Iskandar Z.; Theilade, Ida

doi:10.1007/s10745-020-00142-8

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“…Some designate species according to their scientific names, while others use only vernacular names. To be able to use historical data in global biodiversity databases, we should be careful when using vernacular names (Kull et al 2015;Turreira-García et al 2020;Tengö et al 2017;Bouchet and Strong 2010). Scientific names are the only reliable way to compare different sources and use them to understand changes and trends across time and space.…”

Section: Species Diversitymentioning

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“…Written sources offering data about everyday life, like the ones described in this paper, can be seen as the local informants for anthropology or sociology. Information regarding plant identifications by local informants may not be easily incorporated into scientific assessments of biodiversity due to difficulties in establishing links between Folk and Linnaean taxonomies (Turreira-García et al 2020). The same can be said for vernacular names in historical sources.…”

Section: Species Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The challenges that vernacular names pose to researchers have already been identified in several studies (Zhao et al 2016;Wilkie and Saridan 1999;Turreira-García et al 2020;Berlin 1973). While scientific names are univocal, vernacular names can be ambiguous.…”

Section: Species Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research

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Recognition of the importance of protecting agrobiodiversity is not a new phenomenon. Crossing different sciences is often pinpointed as a relevant contributor to its successful protection. This paper proposes an integrated research approach in history and conservation science by opening new paths for using written historical sources in biodiversity inventories. It discusses some conceptual and methodological challenges raised by historical research regarding the diversity and distribution of wild and cultivated edible plants. The possibilities of using historical sources for compiling plant lists that can be integrated into biodiversity databases are also explored. Arguing that interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity are crucial, enabling a wide range of vernacular sources from several centuries to be cross-referenced, the paper aims to draw attention to written historical sources and their importance in deepening knowledge about past biodiversity patterns.

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Exotic, traditional and hybrid landscapes: The subtle history of the Iberian Peninsula maize between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’

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Societal Impact StatementMaize is the world's second most important agricultural crop. The cereal was unknown to Europeans before the end of the 15th century, but since its arrival in Europe, it has changed agriculture, food and landscapes. Terraces where maize was cultivated in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula contributed to the formation of local cultures and identities. The history of maize and maize landscape are mementos that help to recover traditional practices, fostering identities, and are crucial for the successful implementation of sustainable policies to provide prosperous futures.Summary Maize (Zea mays L.) in the Iberian Peninsula embodies a history of landscape changes where the concepts of ‘exotic’, ‘traditional’ and ‘hybrid’ help to understand the engagements between landscape, farmers, agronomists (since the 19th and 20th centuries) and seeds. Today, landscapes reveal biophysical and ecological changes that reflect a panoply of intentions. A multitude of agents, and their interactions, acted upon those territories over time. Using historical sources from the leading institutions dedicated to agricultural research in the Iberian Peninsula, this paper aims to (1) contribute to a better understanding of the maize landscape and culture in the Iberian Peninsula and (2) interrogate how landscape changes (and the landscape history of maize) can frame local or regional heritage and identities reflecting customs or ways of life. The analysis unveils networks of knowledge, agricultural technologies and seed exchange. Politicians, economists, engineers, agronomists, farmers, governmental officials and agricultural industries planned and transformed traditional rural practices into modern and industrialised ones. Experts and politicians, willing to improve agricultural practices and seeds, using hybrid seeds or building new irrigation systems, led to deep social and landscape changes, allowing maize to cover territories far away from its traditional domains. Moreover, despite farmers' resistance, hybrid maize substituted landraces, eroding agrobiodiversity. Nowadays, the south and east regions of the Iberian Peninsula are the main producers of maize (hybrid), whereas in the Northwest maize is an occasional crop, being replaced by vineyards for economic reasons.

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Examining the Consistency of Folk Identifications of Trees to Implement Community-Based Biodiversity Monitoring

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research

Exotic, traditional and hybrid landscapes: The subtle history of the Iberian Peninsula maize between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’

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