Elderly adi women of Arunachal Pradesh: "living Encyclopedias" and cultural refugia in biodiversity conservation of the Eastern Himalaya, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 712-735

  Singh, Ranjay K ^a,b   Rallen, Orik ^c   Padung, Egul ^d  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Village Sibut   (India)

^d Doying Gumin College   (India)

Author keywords

Adi tribe; Conservation; Culturally refugia elderly women; Eastern Himalaya; Indigenous biodiversity; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADI TRIBE; CULTURALLY REFUGIA ELDERLY WOMEN; HIMALAYAS; INDIGENOUS BIODIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; RURAL AREAS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; FOREST CANOPY; HOME GARDEN; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WOMENS STATUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GARDENING; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOLOGY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INDIA; REFORESTATION; SOCIOLOGY;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOKBOOKS AS TOPIC; CULTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TEACHING; TREES;

EID: 84883458342     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0113-x     Document Type: Article

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