Participatory biodiversity assessment - Cameroon
Project Title |
Development and promotion of improved methods for identification, assessment and evaluation of biodiversity for tropical mountain environments – R7112 |
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Geographic Focus |
Cameroon |
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Funder |
Environment Research Programme, DFID |
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Contractor |
School of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Wales Bangor |
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Reports |
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Obtaining local values for biodiversity: Protocols used by the ERP Mount Cameroon Project
Naming and recognition of species in participatory biodiversity inventory
Ranks, counts and scores as a means of quantifying local biodiversity values
Generating an index of local biodiversity value
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ETFRN Meeting |
Participatory
monitoring and evaluation of biodiversity. Internet workshop and
policy seminar convened by the Environmental Change Institute, University
of Oxford, 7 - 25 January 2002 |
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www.etfrn.org/etfrn/workshop/biodiversity/documents/protocols.pdf
This project worked with the Limbe Botanical Gardens to devise tools which could be used to measure the values ascribed by local people to biodiversity. Besides utility value it was found that local people also appreciated a range of non-utilitarian values including aesthetic, existance and cultural associations at a range of scales from the landscape to individual leaf and flower. A range of protocols for field activities were devised which permitted these values to be quantified in a manner that was easily adopted and understood by local people.
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Please contact Wild Resources Limited if you would like further information about this project.