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… biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this traditional interaction is vital to the protection, … intended to conserve: • Important crop wild relatives6; • Traditional and threatened landraces, particularly those … and wetlands, as a source of critical nutrition and medicine, and as a culturally important resource. For …

… provision of the necessities of life – food, water, medicine, clean air – to the aesthetic inspiration for our … Some 80% of people in developing countries rely on traditional medicines, mostly derived from plants, and more … concerns will require partnerships, both among traditional allies as well as new relationships across …

… energy source. Over 2.5 billion people still depend on traditional use of biomass for cooking and heating although … by 1.3% per annum with almost half of that coming from traditional biomass sources (see Figure 3). Energy efficiency … living on the equivalent of one dollar a day are women. Traditional responsibilities for collecting fuel and water …

… areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … physical and mental health and well-being. Much of modern medicine is derived from or replicated synthetically from …

… in productive systems, and urges the data retrieval on traditional practices. From a social perspective, it seeks to … the washing of clothes; plant (and animal?) products for traditional medicinal and magical purposes (Brouwer and … in the catchment area are grown for use as traditional medicine to treat common illness. For example Bau leaves are …

… ecosystems, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. Generally … research, species reintroduction, and interaction with traditional populations living in and at the edges of … or education, or from professions such as law or medicine. Fluency in English or Japanese is common and is …

… salt (produced by evaporating seawater), animal fodder, traditional medicines (e.g. from mangrove bark), fibres for …

… food resources such as fish and wild vegetables, medicine for various ailments, and transport. Wetlands also … Reserve to irrigate basic staples such as maize and beans, traditional cash crops such as sugar- cane and coffee, and …

… Provisioning Food, fodder, fuelwood, timber, manure, medicine Regulating Climate regulation - biomass and soil … with local resources users. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 generating and … to loss of both life and property. It looks beyond the traditional practice of identifying an ideal solution and …

… Building materials Jewellery and other decoration Traditional medicines CULTURAL Tourism and recreation Tourism … and Wilkinson, 2001). Mangroves provide a variety of traditional products. Tannins from mangroves were used to … solutions to coastal erosion control. 5 Respect traditional access and uses of the shoreline. 6 Adopt …