Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people&amp;#146;s perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment

Sheil, Douglas; Puri, Rajindra K.; Basuki, Imam; Heist, M. van; Saefuddin,; Rukmiyati,; Sardjono,; Samsoedin, Ismayadi; Sidiyasa, Kade; Chrisandini,; Permana, Edwin; Angi, Eddy Mangopo; Gatzweiler, Franz W.; Johnson, B.; Wijaya, A.

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“…In individual meetings, the experts on territory were interviewed in depth (Sheil et al 2002) on the classification of their territory, land use, vegetation classification, soils, climate, the community, disaster areas, sacred sites and important events. We also interviewed the community authorities on these subjects.…”

Section: Classification and Description Of The Ecological Land Unitsmentioning

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Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

2018

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Background. Non-timber forest products are being integrated into conservation strategies. Their relevance for obtaining medicinal plants is frequently cited as a reason to conserve forests. Question. Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation? Study site and dates. The study was conducted in Santiago Camotlán, Distrito Villa Alta, Oaxaca, a humid mountainous area in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, from August 2011 to May 2013. Methods. Ecological Land Units were characterized, and the relative importance of medicinal plants was evaluated. The ethnobotanical methods included participatory mapping, open interviews, semi-structured interviews and free lists with local healers, as well as members of 17 systematically selected households. Medicinal plant species, and plants considered characteristic for an Ecological Land Unit by local specialists, were collected during plant walks with both healers and experts on the territory. For each species, a newly proposed Knowledge, Use and Perception Index based frequency of mention in free lists, frequency of use and perceived importance was calculated. Results. Local people divided their territory primarily by physical geographic characteristics and utilization. Nine units were distinguished: village and roads, home gardens, pastures, cultivated fields (maize, beans, sugar cane and coffee), cloud forest, semi-evergreen tropical forest and evergreen tropical forest, secondary vegetation ("acahuales"), and riparian vegetation. The most important medicinal plants were Salvia microphylla, Lippia alba and Artemisia absinthium, all cultivated in home gardens; weedy vegetation provided the majority of all medicinal plants. Individuals interested in preserving medicinal species transplanted them into a home garden. Conclusion. For people in the study area, the presence and use of medicinal plants was not a decisive reason for forest conservation. Key words: Ecological Land Units, home gardens, Knowledge, Use and Perception Index, tropical forest, wild plant collection. ResumenAntecedentes. Los productos forestales no maderables están siendo integrados en las estrategias de conservación. Su relevancia para la obtención de plantas medicinales se cita frecuentemente como una razón para conservar los bosques. Pregunta. ¿El uso de plantas medicinales puede motivar la conservación de bosques? Sitio y años de estudio. El estudio se llevó a cabo en Santiago Camotlán, Distrito Villa Alta, Oaxaca, en un área montañosa húmeda de la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca, México, de agosto 2011 a mayo 2013. Métodos. Se caracterizaron unidades ambientales y se evaluó la importancia relativa de las plantas medicinales. Los métodos etnobotánicos incluyeron mapeo participativo, entrevistas abiertas, entrevistas semiestructuradas y listados libres con curanderos, así como miembros de 17 hogares seleccionados sistemá-ticamente. También se recolectaron en caminatas botánicas, plantas medicinales con curanderos y plantas consideradas características de cada unidad ambiental por conocedo...

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Section: Classification and Description Of The Ecological Land Unitsmentioning

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Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

2018

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“…Similar to the Pebble Distribution Method (Shiel et al, 2003), we provided farmers with wooden sticks to express (score) their personal level of satisfaction, with ten sticks equating full (100%) satisfaction and zero sticks no (0%) satisfaction. We drew the maximum area into the sand, demarcated the ideal and the minimum areas and divided the intermediate areas into four to six equal steps (cf.…”

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Human Rights and Climate Change

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As the effects of climate change continue to be felt, appreciation of its future transformational impact on numerous areas of public law and policy is set to grow. Among these, human rights concerns are particularly acute. They include forced mass migration, increased disease incidence and strain on healthcare systems, threatened food and water security, the disappearance and degradation of shelter, land, livelihoods and cultures, and the threat of conflict. This inquiry into the human rights dimensions of climate change looks beyond potential impacts to examine the questions raised by climate change policies: accountability for extraterritorial harms; constructing reliable enforcement mechanisms; assessing redistributional outcomes; and allocating burdens, benefits, rights and duties among perpetrators and victims, both public and private. The book examines a range of so-far unexplored theoretical and practical concerns that international law and other scholars and policy-framers will find increasingly difficult to ignore.

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Exploring biological diversity, environment and local peoples perspectives in forest landscapes: methods for a multidisciplinary landscape assessment

Cited by 24 publications

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Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

Can the use of medicinal plants motivate forest conservation in the humid mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico?

On smallholder farm and farmer diversity

Human Rights and Climate Change

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