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Title Trees as brokers in social networks: Cascades of rights and benefits from a Cultural Keystone Species
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316293; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/316293/3/s13280-022-01733-z.pdf.jpg
Date 2022
Author(s) Djoudi, Houria; Locatelli, Bruno; Pehou, Catherine; Colloff, Matthew; Elias, Marlene; Gautier, Denis; Gorddard, Russell; Vinceti, Barbara; Zida, Mathurin
Abstract Indigenous trees play key roles in West African landscapes, such as the néré tree (Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don). We applied social'ecological network analysis to understand the social'ecological interactions around néré. We documented the benefits néré provides and the multiple social interactions it creates amongst a large range of actors. The flows of rights over the trees and benefits from them formed two hierarchical networks, or cascades, with different actors at the top. The two forms of power revealed by the two cascades of rights and benefits suggest possible powers and counter-powers across gender, ethnicity, and age. We documented how the tree catalyses social interactions across diverse groups to sustain vital social connections, and co-constitute places, culture, and relationships. We argue that a paradigm shift is urgently needed to leverage the remarkable untapped potential of indigenous trees and Cultural Keystone Species in current global restoration and climate change agendas. - he authors would like to thank the Nuni, Mossé and Fulani communities in the Ziro and Sissili provinces in central-west Burkina Faso who participated in this study and kindly shared their knowledge with us. This paper was supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry and the CGIAR Trust Fund Donors. It is a contribution from the Transformative Adaptation Research Alliance (TARA, https://research.csiro.au/tara/), an international network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to the development and implementation of novel approaches to transformative adaptation to global change.
Subject(s) Adaptation; Agency; Burkina Faso; Cultural Keystone Species; Social'ecological network analysis; Traditional ecological knowledge
Language en_AU
Publisher MediaPrint
Type of publication Journal article
Format application/pdf
Source AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
Rights © 2022 The authors; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Creative Commons Attribution licence
Identifier 0044-7447; .1007/s13280-022-01733-z
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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