Traditional and Local Ecological Knowledge About Forest Biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest - Softcover

United States Department Of Agriculture

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150875635X ISBN 13: 9781508756354

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

This paper synthesizes the existing literature about traditional and local ecological knowledge relating to biodiversity in Pacific Northwest forests in order to assess what is needed to apply this knowledge to forest biodiversity conservation efforts. We address four topics: (1) views and values people have relating to biodiversity, (2) the resource use and management practices of local forest users and their effects on biodiversity, (3) methods and models for integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into biodiversity conservation on public and private lands, and (4) challenges to applying traditional and local ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation. We focus on the ecological knowledge of three groups who inhabit the region: American Indians, family forest owners, and commercial nontimber forest product (NTFP) harvesters.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 150875635X
• ISBN 13: 9781508756354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64