Traditional knowledge for sustainable forest management and provision of ecosystem services

Parrotta, John A.; Yeo‐Chang, Youn; Camacho, Leni D.

doi:10.1080/21513732.2016.1169580

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“…The main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation include agricultural expansion, population growth, mining and mineral exploration, forest fires, infrastructure development, natural disasters (floods and droughts), settlement expansion, pests, and diseases (FAO, 2016;Robinson, Abbers, Meshaki, & Lokina, 2013). These occurrences result in losses of biodiversity, forest structure, provision of ecosystem goods and services, and ecological functioning including climate change 3 (Parrotta, Yeo-Chang, & Camacho, 2016). Thus, sustainable forest management and conservation are global priorities (FAO, 2016), which can be linked to addressing deforestation and forest degradation challenges (FAO, 2016;IUFRO, 2015) while ensuring that forests provide long-term social, economic and ecological benefits (FAO, 2016).…”

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“…In the last decade, the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) tool was introduced to trigger management of deforestation and forest degradation challenges including climate change (Bayrak & Marafa, 2016;Blom, Sunderland, & Murdiyarso, 2010;Bourgoin, Castella, Hett, Lestrelin, & Heinimann, 2013). The motivation of REDD + is to address climate change challenges under the principles of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme in that it focuses on rewarding community for managing and conserving their forestland to provide ecosystem services including carbon enhancement (Kronenberg & Hubacek,2013;Parrotta et al, 2016).…”

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Forest management and conservation before and after the introduction of village participatory land use plans in the Kilosa district REDD+ initiative, Tanzania

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Chirwa

Ackerman

et al. 2018

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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The use of Village Participatory Land Use Plan (VPLUP) model as a natural resource management and conservation tool has been growing recently. This study examined the premise under which VPLUPs implementation can enhance the management and conservation of Village Land Forest Reserves (VLFRs) in the context of Reduced Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus (REDD+) initiative in the Kilosa district of Tanzania. A mixed method research design, whichintegrates participatory community mapping (PCM), focus group discussions (FGDs), key informants interviews (KIIs), direct observations and household interviews were used in data collection. The results showed that there were significant (p<0.05) improvements in forest management and conservation indicators after VPLUPs implementation, and increase in the management and 2 conservation activities carried out by the community after the implementation of VPLUPs. There was also a significant decrease (p<0.05) in almost all uses of the forest after the implementation of VPLUPs. The findings provide evidence that the VPLUP model has potential for enhancing the management and conservation of forests in the context of REDD+ strategy. Thus, it is argued that VPLUP can be used as a forest management and conservation tool to facilitate the implementation of the REDD+ initiatives.

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Forest management and conservation before and after the introduction of village participatory land use plans in the Kilosa district REDD+ initiative, Tanzania

Uisso

Chirwa

Ackerman

et al. 2018

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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“…forests [47,[58][59][60][61][62]. Challenges of miombo management include low inherent productivity, limited support to develop local forest enterprise, a lack of strong local organization, a legacy of armed conflict, and low resource rents associated with high management transaction costs.…”

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Dynamic Patterns of Trees Species in Miombo Forest and Management Perspectives for Sustainable Production—Case Study in Huambo Province, Angola

Chiteculo

Surový

2018

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This paper aims to assess important forest parameters, including tree density, diameter at breast height (DBH), and age distribution, investigate the dynamic growth of miombo tree species, and employ this information to design a management framework in miombo forests. The delineation of the management zones was based on unsupervised land cover classification that began with three zones where ground data was collected and increased to five zones. Eighteen circular plots (25.2 m radius) were randomly distributed over the study areas to assess the current situation and potential growth patterns for each species. The patterns of the six most representative tree species of miombo in Angola were described and we used KORFiT 2.4 software to fit data and develop growth curves for at least three miombo species. Growth function fitness was evaluated by root mean squared error (RMSE), coefficient of determination (R 2 ), significance of the parameters (p < 0.05), and Akaike's information criterion (AIC). The diameter distribution of miombo tree species resembled a typical distribution of uneven-aged forest stands; higher DBH classes had lower abundances of tree species. Logistic and Gompertz growth functions were the best fits for miombo tree species. Brachystegia spiciformis Benth., is suggested as a potential species for timber management in the region because they displayed high growth potential to more quickly reach an assumed minimum DBH of 20 cm. This study concluded that miombo forest stands present an irregular structure in which DBH distribution illustrated only two patterns: many small stems and a bimodal forest structure.

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“…Although TK is predominantly utilized in traditional tribal communities (indigenous knowledge), it also exists in modern rural (farmers' knowledge) and urban societies (Nakashima and Roue 2002). TK often refers to practices in agriculture, concerning crop cultivation (Leclerc et al 2013;Barthel et al 2013), the pastoral practice of transhumance (Oteros-Rozas et al 2013), use of pesticides (Irwin 1995), fishing (Vogt et al 2016), soil type assessments (Wynne 1996), forest management (Parrotta et al 2016), and nontimber forest-product-related practices (Davidson-Hunt et al 2013).…”

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Temperature Forecast Accuracies of Polish Proverbs

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Choryński

Pińskwar

et al. 2020

Weather, Climate, and Society

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Proverbs are a part of traditional knowledge that has been increasingly acknowledged to be a valuable source of information for environmental policies. Proverbs on weather convey the cumulated experience of generations that provide guidelines for agricultural practices, everyday decisions, and other situations. Besides the value the proverbs have in their cultural setting, they also serve as an indicator of objective meteorological patterns. This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of the Polish temperature-related proverbs. From the collected corpus of more than 2000 Polish proverbs, 28 were related to temperature and provided concrete predictions and so were selected for further analysis. The proverbs were tested on the basis of temperature (minimum, maximum, and mean) data from 20 weather stations, located in Poland and the neighboring countries, for the period of 1951-2012. Harbingers and forecasts were identified and coded as 0 or 1. Proverb accuracies were then compared using Heidke skill scores and proportions of fulfilled proverbs. The proverbs' spatial and temporal contingencies were tested via generalized linear mixed models. Some proverbs provided a high proportion (up to 79%) of fulfilled proverbs. Furthermore, the accuracy of the proverbs was reversely proportional to chronological date (decreased with time), with values increasing toward the east and north directions of station locations. The observed changes in proverb accuracies may be attributed to the shift of Polish borders following the Second World War and the respective migration of the population.

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Traditional knowledge for sustainable forest management and provision of ecosystem services

Cited by 78 publications

References 10 publications

Forest management and conservation before and after the introduction of village participatory land use plans in the Kilosa district REDD+ initiative, Tanzania

Forest management and conservation before and after the introduction of village participatory land use plans in the Kilosa district REDD+ initiative, Tanzania

Dynamic Patterns of Trees Species in Miombo Forest and Management Perspectives for Sustainable Production—Case Study in Huambo Province, Angola

Temperature Forecast Accuracies of Polish Proverbs

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