 Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in AgroforestryColleen Rossier and Frank Lake No 373365, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture Abstract: Report Introduction: Communities around the world have practiced diverse and evolving forms of agroforestry for centuries. While both indigenous and non-indigenous practitioners have developed agroforestry practices of great value, in this publication, we focus on the role of indigenous, traditional ecological knowledge. Indigenous communities include American Indians, Alaska Natives, Caribbean and Pacific Islanders, and others. Because indigenous groups have lived in the same areas for long periods of time, each generation has built on the knowledge of the previous generation through observation and experimentation. In this manner, indigenous groups have evolved intricate ways to manage bioculturally diverse ecosystems. These ecosystems are managed to provide food, fuel, building materials, agricultural and plant-tending tools, hunting and trapping equipment, baskets, and ceremonial spaces essential to life and maintaining cultural traditions. Many agroforestry practitioners in the United States are learning from these complex systems. Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:usdami:373365 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture |
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