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- Catalog Number
- 0000390501
- Collation
- 88 pages : illustrations, maps
- ISBN
- 978-92-3-100693-7
- Imprint
- [29992] Paris : UNESCO, 2024
- Media type
- Electronic
- Notes
- Forewordby Lidia Arthur Brito, Assistant Director- General for Natural Sciences, (UNESCO) Includes bibliography
- Pages
- 88
- Published in
- France
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/
- Series title and vol / issues
- Local and indigenous knowledge, 3
- Source
- UNESCO
Table of Contents
- Table of contents 12
- Introduction 15
- 1.1. Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Fire Management 17
- Case Study: Guyana 21
- 2.1 Introduction 21
- 2.6 Concluding Remarks 32
- 2.5 Initiatives of Fire Management Policies incorporating Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ Participation 31
- 2.4 Changes in Fire Use and Concerns about Fire Management in Indigenous Lands 28
- 2.3 The Importance of Fire in Everyday Indigenous Life and Culture 23
- 2.2 Description of the Study Area: Guyana in the Guiana Shield Context 22
- Case Study: Suriname 33
- 3.1 Introduction 33
- 3.6 Concluding remarks 45
- 3.5 Initiatives of Fire Management Policies incorporating Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ Participation 44
- 3.4. Changes in Fire Use and Concerns about Fire Management in Indigenous Lands 43
- 3.3 The Importance of Fire in Everyday Indigenous Life and Culture 34
- Burning practices in coastal plains 35
- Burning practices in savannas 38
- Burning practices in forests 41
- Daily domestic use of fire 43
- 3.2 Description of the Study Area: Suriname in the Guiana Shield Context 34
- Case Study: Venezuela 47
- 4.1 Introduction 47
- 4.6 Concluding remarks 64
- 4.5 Initiatives of Fire Management Policies incorporating Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples’ Participation 62
- 4.4 Changes in Fire Use and Concerns about Fire Management in Indigenous Lands 60
- 4.3. The Importance of Fire in Everyday Indigenous Life and Culture 51
- Collective experimental fires: The ecological bases of traditional Pemón fire methods in savanna-forest transitions, Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park, Venezuela 56
- Evidence from historical vegetation changes 58
- 4.2. Description of the study area: Venezuela in the Guiana Shield context 48
- General Conclusions 65
- 5.1 Socio-environmental Benefits of Traditional Fire Management and Current Threats 67
- Opportunities for New and Inclusive Management Policies 69
- 6.1 Recommendations for a Potential Follow-Up 69
- List of references 73
- Authors’ biographies 86
- a. General manuscript 86
- d. Venezuela case study 87
- c. Suriname case study 87
- b. Guyana case study 87
