Impact of Women's Harvest Practices on Pandanus guillaumetii in Madagascar's Lowland Rainforests super(1)
Impact of Women's Harvest Practices onPandanus guillaumetiiin Madagascar's Lowland Rainforests.Pandanus guillaumetii B.C. Stone is endemic to the east coast rainforests of Madagascar. The plant is an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) for the local population living near these fore...
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Published in | Economic botany Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 158 - 168 |
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Abstract | Impact of Women's Harvest Practices onPandanus guillaumetiiin Madagascar's Lowland Rainforests.Pandanus guillaumetii B.C. Stone is endemic to the east coast rainforests of Madagascar. The plant is an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) for the local population living near these forests, and its leaves are collected by women to be woven into mats. These mats have economic value and are also used for daily activities. At present, little is known about how local harvesting practices impact this plant species. In this study, we describe women's local harvest practices and quantify their impact on the P. guillaumetii population. We carried out plant inventories as well as interviews and participatory observations with local people harvesting P. guillaumetii in two villages with different population densities in the Manompana region. Inventories were conducted at varying distances from the villages in order to better understand the influence of human pressure on the plant population. The results suggest that local communities apply practices that tend to minimize the harvest impact on the plant. Harvesting seems to have no effect on the actual density of P. guillaumetii. However, the availability of plants with leaves of sufficient quality for mat production is influenced by human pressure. Considering the decreasing number of plants suitable for handicraft, we assume that their availability in the long term may not fulfill the needs of the local people.Original Abstract: Impact de la recolte deP. guillaumetiipar les femmes dans les forets pluviales de basse altitude de Madagascar.Pandanus guillaumetii B.C. Stone, une espece endemique de Madagascar, se trouve dans les forets ombrophiles du versant oriental de l'ile. Les femmes des communautes vivant a proximite de ces forets en utilisent les feuilles pour confectionner des nattes. Il s'agit de produits forestiers non ligneux en usage dans la vie quotidienne et qui ont une valeur economique. Les prelevements de feuilles contribuent-ils a la rarefaction de l'espece? A ce jour, peu de recherches ont ete realisees a ce sujet. Dans notre etude, nous decrivons les modes de prelevement des feuilles de P. guillaumetii et cherchons a quantifier l'impact des prelevements sur les populations de l'espece. Nous avons realise des inventaires en foret et effectue des interviews et des observations participatives avec les habitants de deux villages de la region de Manompana. Afin de saisir les effets de la pression humaine, nous avons effectue des inventaires a differentes distances des villages. Il ressort des resultats que les pratiques de prelevement des feuilles par la population locale tendent a minimiser l'impact de la recolte. Les prelevements ne paraissent pas avoir d'effet sur la densite de la population de l'espece. Neanmoins, les plantes fournissant des feuilles convenant a la confection de nattes sont moins abondantes a proximite des villages. Considerant la diminution du nombre d'individus se pretant a un usage artisanal, nous estimons qu'a long terme, les besoins de la population ne pourront plus etre satisfaits. |
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AbstractList | Impact of Women's Harvest Practices onPandanus guillaumetiiin Madagascar's Lowland Rainforests.Pandanus guillaumetii B.C. Stone is endemic to the east coast rainforests of Madagascar. The plant is an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) for the local population living near these forests, and its leaves are collected by women to be woven into mats. These mats have economic value and are also used for daily activities. At present, little is known about how local harvesting practices impact this plant species. In this study, we describe women's local harvest practices and quantify their impact on the P. guillaumetii population. We carried out plant inventories as well as interviews and participatory observations with local people harvesting P. guillaumetii in two villages with different population densities in the Manompana region. Inventories were conducted at varying distances from the villages in order to better understand the influence of human pressure on the plant population. The results suggest that local communities apply practices that tend to minimize the harvest impact on the plant. Harvesting seems to have no effect on the actual density of P. guillaumetii. However, the availability of plants with leaves of sufficient quality for mat production is influenced by human pressure. Considering the decreasing number of plants suitable for handicraft, we assume that their availability in the long term may not fulfill the needs of the local people.Original Abstract: Impact de la recolte deP. guillaumetiipar les femmes dans les forets pluviales de basse altitude de Madagascar.Pandanus guillaumetii B.C. Stone, une espece endemique de Madagascar, se trouve dans les forets ombrophiles du versant oriental de l'ile. Les femmes des communautes vivant a proximite de ces forets en utilisent les feuilles pour confectionner des nattes. Il s'agit de produits forestiers non ligneux en usage dans la vie quotidienne et qui ont une valeur economique. Les prelevements de feuilles contribuent-ils a la rarefaction de l'espece? A ce jour, peu de recherches ont ete realisees a ce sujet. Dans notre etude, nous decrivons les modes de prelevement des feuilles de P. guillaumetii et cherchons a quantifier l'impact des prelevements sur les populations de l'espece. Nous avons realise des inventaires en foret et effectue des interviews et des observations participatives avec les habitants de deux villages de la region de Manompana. Afin de saisir les effets de la pression humaine, nous avons effectue des inventaires a differentes distances des villages. Il ressort des resultats que les pratiques de prelevement des feuilles par la population locale tendent a minimiser l'impact de la recolte. Les prelevements ne paraissent pas avoir d'effet sur la densite de la population de l'espece. Neanmoins, les plantes fournissant des feuilles convenant a la confection de nattes sont moins abondantes a proximite des villages. Considerant la diminution du nombre d'individus se pretant a un usage artisanal, nous estimons qu'a long terme, les besoins de la population ne pourront plus etre satisfaits. |
Author | Rehnus, Maik Urech, Zora Lea Sorg, Jean-Pierre Fedele, Giacomo |
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