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Book SynopsisThis book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations. The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems. This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.
Table of Contents01. The Food/Medicine/Poison Triangle: Implications for Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems of Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia, Canada by Nancy J. Turner 02. Integration into the Market Economy and Dietary Change: An Empirical Study of Dietary Transition in the Amazon by Elizabeth Byron and Victoria Reyes-Garca 03. The Loss of Local Livelihoods and Local Knowledge: Implications for Local Food Systems by Sarah Pilgrim-Morrison and Jules Pretty 04 The Seasonal Migration of Thai Berry Pickers in Finland: Non-wood Forest Products for Poverty Alleviation or Source of Imminent Conflict? Celeste Lacuna-Richman 05 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biocultural Diversity for Subsistence Livelihoods: A Cross Cultural Study by Ranjay K. Singh, Anamika Singh, Anshuman Singh and B.S. Dwivedi 06 Status and Contribution of Non-cultivated Food Plants Used by Dawro People in Loma District, South Ethiopia 07. Biocultural Resources and Traditional Food Systems of Nyishi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (India): An Empirical Learning on the Role of Mythology and Folklore in Conservation by Hui Tag, P. Kalita, Ranjay, K. Singh and A.K. Das 08 New Shoots, Old Roots the Incorporation of Alien Weeds into Traditional Food Systems by Michelle Cocks, Tony Dold and Madeleen Husselman 09. Edible Fungi in Mesoamerican Lowlands: A Barely Studied Resource by Felipe Ruan-Soto and Joaqun Cifuentes 10. Menu for Survival: Plants, Architecture, and Stories of the Nisgaa Oolichan Fishery by Nancy Mackin and Deanna Nyce 11. Salmon Food Webs: SAANICH First Nation Peoples Intrinsic Interconnectedness to Salmon Fishing and Conservation on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada by Roxanne Paul 12 Tsampa of Ladakh: Adaptation of a Traditional Food at Higher Altitude and Emergent Changes by Konchok Targais, Dorjey Angchok, Tsering Stobdan, R.B. Srivastava and Ranjay Singh 13 Bioculturally Important Indigenous Fruit Tree Mahua (Madhuca spp.; Sapotaceae): Its Role in Community-Based Adaptive Management by Anshuman Singh, Ranjay K. Singh, Sarvesh Tripathy and BS Dwivedi
