scholarly journals Ritual plants used by the Manobo tribe of Surigao del Sur, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade Keith Adrian Jamera ◽  
Muhmin Michael Manting ◽  
Mark Lloyd Dapar
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Piper Betle ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Ritual Plants

Abstract. Jamera JKAM, Manting MME, Dapar MLG. 2020. Ritual plants used by the Manobo tribe of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Asian J Ethnobiol 3: 41-50. Manobo tribe is culturally rich in traditional practices, medicinal uses, diversity, and traditional knowledge based on their community plant resources. They dwell in hinterlands and mountainous regions in the southern part of the Philippines and live an intricate life dependent on agriculture and forest plants. Traditional ecological knowledge and beliefs of indigenous peoples play an essential role in the conservation of biodiversity. This study seeks to investigate the use of ritual plants of the Manobo tribe in Hinapuyan, Carmen and Cabangahan, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur and to identify the availability of ritual plants being used. Plant information with the local name, plant parts used, methods of preparation, ritual uses, and Cultural Importance Index (CI) were quantified. This study documented a total of 12 traditional rituals associated with ritual plants. The five identified plant species are being used in tribal rituals belonging to four different families, namely Arecaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, and Solanaceae. Arecaceae includes two species, while one species represented each of the rest of the families. Ritual plants with the highest CI were Areca catechu L., Piper betle L., and Nicotiana tabacum L. Manobo ritual plants have a symbolic meaning and rational function. This study is the first documentation of ritual plants presenting traditional ecological knowledge and cultural beliefs that must be saved to maintain biological diversity. The tribe cultivated some ritual plants within the village in addition to their wild plant collection. These ritual plants are conserved and protected by the Manobo community. More investigations are recommended on the ritual plants used among diverse ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines and other countries.

scholarly journals An Oceania Urban Design Agenda Linking Ecosystem Services, Nature-Based Solutions, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12660
Author(s):  
Gabriel Luke Kiddle ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari ◽  
Paul Blaschke ◽  
Victoria Chanse ◽  
Rebecca Kiddle
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Human Wellbeing

Many coastal peri-urban and urban populations in Oceania are heavily reliant on terrestrial and marine ecosystem services for subsistence and wellbeing. However, climate change and urbanisation have put significant pressure on ecosystems and compelled nations and territories in Oceania to urgently adapt. This article, with a focus on Pacific Island Oceania but some insight from Aotearoa New Zealand, reviews key literature focused on ecosystem health and human health and wellbeing in Oceania and the important potential contribution of nature-based solutions to limiting the negative impacts of climate change and urbanisation. The inextricable link between human wellbeing and provision of ecosystem services is well established. However, given the uniqueness of Oceania, rich in cultural and biological diversity and traditional ecological knowledge, these links require further examination leading potentially to a new conceptualisation of wellbeing frameworks in relation to human/nature relationships. Rapidly urbanising Oceania has a growing body of rural, peri-urban and urban nature-based solutions experience to draw from. However, important gaps in knowledge and practice remain. Pertinently, there is a need, potential—and therefore opportunity—to define an urban design agenda positioned within an urban ecosystem services framework, focused on human wellbeing and informed by traditional ecological knowledge, determined by and relevant for those living in the islands of Oceania as a means to work towards effective urban climate change adaptation.

scholarly journals Various Plants of Traditional Rituals: Ethnobotanical Research Among The Baduy Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Iskandar ◽  
Budiawati S. Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Management System ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Swidden Farming ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

<p>On the basis of recent studies in many places of developing countries it has been revealed that the practices of conservation of biodiversity has strongly determined by traditional ecological knowledge, and beliefs or cosmos. The aim of the study namely to elucidate; (1) some traditional rituals in the swidden management system of the Baduy community; (2) various plants that have been  used for performing some rituals in the swidden management system of the Baduy community; and (3) some functions of various plants that have been used in the rituals of the swidden management system of the Baduy community. A qualitative method with ethnobotanical approach was applied in this study. The result of study shows that 9 kinds of the traditional rituals that have been predominantly undertaken by the Baduy community in the management of swidden farming system. At least 50 plant species representing 28 families have been used for those performing traditional rituals. The main function of plants in the rituals is considered as the symbolic meaning and rational function. The result of study has been considered very important that the traditional ecological knowledge and beliefs must be considered to conserve biological diversity.   </p>

scholarly journals ReviewsBabai, Dániel and Molnár, Ábel and Molnár, Zsolt „Ahogy gondozza, úgy veszi hasznát” Hagyományos ökológiai tudás és gazdálkodás Gyimesben [Traditional ecological knowledge and land use in Gyimes (Eastern Carpathians)]. Budapest — Vácrátót: MTA BTK Néprajztudományi Intézet — MTA ÖK Ökológiai és Botanikai Intézet, 2016. 173. ISBN 9789639627758 (hardback)Molnár, Zsolt A Hortobágy pásztorszemmel. A puszta növényvilága [Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Herders on the Flora and Vegetation of the Hortobágy]. 2012, Debrecen: Hortobágy Természetvédelmi Közalapítvány, 160. ISBN 978-963-08-3301-1Kóczián, Géza A hagyományos parasztgazdálkodás termesztett, a gyűjtögető gazdálkodás vad növényfajainak etnobotanikai értékelése [Ethnobotanical Assessment of Traditionally Farmed Crop and Wild Plant Species of Traditional Peasant Economy and Gatherers, Respectively].. First unabridged edition. Ed. by Kóczián, Zoltán Gergely. Nagyatád: Nagyatádi Kulturális és Sport Központ, 2014 545., 22+60 photographs, (incl. appendix). ISBN 978-963-87468-4-9Halász, Péter Növények a moldvai magyarok hagyomálnyában és mindennapjaiban [Plants in the Tradition and Everyday Life of the Hungarians in Moldova]. Budapest: General Press Kiadó, 2010, 516. ISBN 978-963-643-220-1Szilágyi, Miklós Zsákmányolók és zsákmányaik. Történeti-néprajzi dolgozatok a vadászatról-vadfogásról és a természetes hasznosítás egyéb formáiról [Predators and Preys. Historical Ethnographic Studies on Hunting, Capturing Game and Other Forms of Natural Utilisation]. Budapest: MTA BTK Néprajztudományi Intézet, 2014, 248. ISBN: 978-963-567-056-7Borsos, Béla Az új Gyűrűfű. Az ökofalu koncepciója és helye a fenntartható településés vidékfejlesztésben [The new Gyűrűfű. The concept and place of the eco-village in sustainable settlement and rural development]. Budapest: L’Harmattan, 2016, 248. ISBN: 978-963-414-087-0.Dénes, Andrea Ehető vadnövények a Kárpát-medencében / Edible Wild Plants in the Carpathian Basin Dunántúli Dolgozatok (A) Természettudományi Sorozat 13. [Studia Pannonica (A) Series Historico-Naturalis 13]. Pécs: Janus Pannonius Múzeum, 2013, 102., . : , .

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
Veronika Lajos ◽  
Gábor Máté ◽  
Lajos Balogh ◽  
László Gy. Szabó ◽  
Dániel Babai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Edible Wild Plants ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Wild Plant Species ◽  
Eastern Carpathians ◽  
Eco Village

Crocodile management in Timor-Leste: Drawing upon traditional ecological knowledge and cultural beliefs

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Brackhane ◽  
Grahame Webb ◽  
Flaminio M. E. Xavier ◽  
Josh Trindade ◽  
Marcal Gusmao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Timor Leste

scholarly journals Diversity and Utilization of Medicinal Flora of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Campus Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rafiq Wani ◽  
Humaira . ◽  
Shreekar Pant ◽  
Abdul Rashid Dar ◽  
Afroza Akhter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Plant Parts

Background: Indian Himalayan region has a rich heritage of species and genetic strains of flora and fauna and is considered as mega hot spot of biological diversity. Wild plant raw material is in great demand around the world for use by pharmaceutical companies, ethnomedicinal practitioners and variety of traditional medicines. India is one of the world’s major exporters of raw herbal drugs and the Himalayas are renowned for their vast storehouse of medicinal plants. The present study conducted at Baba Ghulam Shah Basdshah University located in District Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir recorded the presence of 46 species of medicinal plants belonging to 34 families. Methods: The plant specimens were collected from different parts of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Campus. All the parameters like habit, habitat, life form, parts used, methods of use were recorded on filed notebook along with date of collection. Routine herbarium practices were followed for preserving the plant specimens. The plant specimens were collected and their external morphology was studied and examined carefully. The specimens of medicinal plants were properly labelled and subsequently deposited in the Herbarium, Centre of Biodiversity Studies, BGSBU, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Result: During ethnobotanical exploration, 46 species distributed over 44 genera in 34 Families of wild medicinal plants were documented from four sampling sites. The details pertaining to common names, part used, medicinal uses and active constituents of each species were tabulated. Among the plant parts used, leaves contributed for medicinal use in about 63% species, followed by fruits in 19% species, underground parts in 10.8% species and flowers in 6.5% species. The enlisted plant species belonged to three life forms viz., herbs (21), shrubs (15) and trees (10). Asteraceae was the most dominant family represented by 4 species followed by Moraceae, Lamiaceae and Fabaceae each represented by 3 species, while as families like Meliaceae, Violaceae, Berberidaceae were represented by 01 species each.

scholarly journals Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Restoration Ecology: A Call to Listen Deeply, to Engage with, and Respect Indigenous Voices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake M. Robinson ◽  
Nick Gellie ◽  
Danielle MacCarthy ◽  
Jacob G. Mills ◽  
Kim O'Donnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Restoration Ecology ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Voices

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into academic research at local and global scales

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque ◽  
David Ludwig ◽  
Ivanilda Soares Feitosa ◽  
Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura ◽  
Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Ecological Knowledge

scholarly journals Language is land, land is language: The importance of Indigenous languages

2021 ◽  
pp. 194277862110228
Author(s):  
Susan Chiblow ◽  
Paul J. Meighan
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Indigenous Language ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Scottish Gaelic ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ojibwe Language ◽  
Humanitarian Crises

This collaborative opinion piece, written from the authors’ personal perspectives (Anishinaabe and Gàidheal) on Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) and Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic language), discusses the importance of maintaining and revitalizing Indigenous languages, particularly in these times of climate and humanitarian crises. The authors will give their personal responses, rooted in lived experiences, on five areas they have identified as a starting point for their discussion: (1) why Indigenous languages are important; (2) the effects of colonization on Indigenous languages; (3) the connections/responsibilities to the land, such as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), embedded in Indigenous languages; (4) the importance of land-based learning and education, full language immersion, and the challenges associated with implementing these strategies for Indigenous language maintenance and revitalization; and (5) where we can go from here.

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