In various parts of Africa, scholars have paid a great deal of attention to TEK, focusing mainly
on their role in biodiversity conservation or natural resource management. Despite …

Although 40% of the global population relies on traditional biomass use, mainly firewood
and charcoal, for cooking, traditional biomass has received very little attention in the current …

A growing awareness of the value of indigenous knowledge has prompted calls for its use
within disaster risk reduction. The use of indigenous knowledge alongside scientific …

Local ecological knowledge (LEK) can shed light on ecosystem change, especially in under-
researched areas such as South Africa's Wild Coast. However, for ecosystem planning …

Integrating Indigenous and local knowledge in conservation and natural resource
management (NRM) initiatives is necessary to achieve sustainability, equity, and …

Based on a case study from Sahelian Senegal, this paper analyses how various actors
perceive the importance of pastoral mobility and presents issues of importance for …

We assess whether forests contribute indirectly to the dietary diversity of rural households by
supporting diverse agricultural production systems. We applied our study in a landscape …

Prescribed burn regimes for protected areas in southern Africa are often based solely on
modeling of historic data and onsite experimentation. Most rural communities in this region …

Traditional knowledge of fuel species was evaluated, associating species preferences with
the physical properties of wood and its combustibility. The physical characteristics of 21 …

Summary 1 The growing interest in medicinal plants from both international industry and
local markets requires management of tree bark harvesting from natural forests in order to …