Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems

Opportunities from the Biocultural World

Ranjay Kumar Singh, Nancy J. Turner, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Jules Pretty

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781032159034
• eBook ISBN: 9781000508024
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Food Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This 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. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction Social-Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems: Opportunities from the Biocultural World
• 1. The Food/Medicine/Poison Triangle: Implications for Traditional Ecological Knowledge Systems of Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia, Canada
• 2. Integration into the Market Economy and Dietary Change: An Empirical Study of Dietary Transition in the Amazon
• 3. The Loss of Local Livelihoods and Local Knowledge: Implications for Local Food Systems
• 4. The Seasonal Migration of Thai Berry Pickers in Finland: Non-wood Forest Products for Poverty Alleviation or Source of Imminent Conflict?
• 5. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biocultural Diversity for Subsistence Livelihoods: A Cross Cultural Study
• 6. Status and Contribution of Non-cultivated Food Plants Used by Dawro People in Loma District, South Ethiopia
• 7. 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
• 8. New Shoots, Old Roots — the Incorporation of Alien Weeds into Traditional Food Systems
• 9. Edible Fungi in Mesoamerican Lowlands: A Barely Studied Resource
• 10. Menu for Survival: Plants, Architecture, and Stories of the Nisga’a Oolichan Fishery
• 11. Salmon Food Webs: SAANICH First Nation Peoples’ Intrinsic Interconnectedness to Salmon Fishing and Conservation on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• 12. Tsampa of Ladakh: Adaptation of a Traditional Food at Higher Altitude and Emergent Changes
• 13. Bioculturally Important Indigenous Fruit Tree Mahua (Madhuca spp.; Sapotaceae): It’s’ Role in Community-Based Adaptive Management