Indigenous knowledge system (iks) and biodiversity conservation in South Nguru Mountain Forest Reserve, Tanzania: Often neglected partner for sustainable management and use of biodiversity
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Date
2015
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World Commission on Environment and Development
Abstract
This study examines the significance of indigenous knowledge system
(IKS) in sustainable management and use of biodiversity in South Nguru mountain forest reserve. Semi-structured and key-informant interviews,
field observations and focus group discussions (FGDs) were used for data
collection. This study observed that indigenous people had a bundle of
IKS that significantly contributed to the management of biodiversity.
The study also observed that neither the IKS nor the biodiversity con-
servation methods can sustainably manage and use biodiversity: their
combination would achieve more than either in their separation. The
study recommends: official recognition of IKS; active participation of
potential actors; motivation and capacity building of indigenous social
structures from which the IKS evolved, is enhanced and sustained, the
cornerstone for a wide use and application of the knowledge system and
to its integration into biodiversity conservation methods.
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Book chapter pp. 65-95
Keywords
Indigenous knowledge system, Biodiversity, Biodiversity conservation, Sustainable management and use, South Nguru Mountain Forest Reserve, Tanzania.