Gathering resources, tools, and information related to ethnoforestry.
Ethnoforestry is the study and practice of the relationship between people and forests, particularly focusing on the traditional knowledge and cultural practices associated with forest management - this includes agroforestry, an integrated land use management system that combines trees and shrubs with agricultural crops and/or livestock.
How can ethnoforestry practices, including agroforestry, support sustainable agricultural development and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Ethnoforestry is the study and practice of the relationship between people and forests, emphasizing the traditional knowledge and cultural practices associated with forest management. It involves understanding traditions and cultural practices regarding how local communities interact with forest ecosystems and manage and conserve forest resources. Ethnoforestry encompasses various aspects, such as using forests for food, medicine, shelter, and cultural purposes, and practices like agroforestry, where trees and shrubs are integrated with crops and livestock to create more sustainable and productive land use systems.
- Non-Resource management
- Silviculture
- Urban forests
- Community forests
- Agroforestry
- Habitat
- Habitat connectivity
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem integrity
- Livelihoods,
- Ease-of-management (effort, labor)
- Ecosystem services
- Gender
- Nutrition
- Provisioning services (medicine, forage, food, timber, firewood)
Status and trends in forest management
Geo-trees: Global forest plot data for earth observation and land surface modelling from the GEO-TREES initiative
Data from the University of Maryland and available on WRI’s Global Forest Watch platform
Pendrill et al. (2019). Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Forest Resources Assessment.
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