PEOPLE AND PLANTS WORKING8 PAPER - DECEMBER 2001 This series of working papers is intended to provide information and to generate fruitful discussion EthnobotanyEthnobotany on key issues in the sustainable ofof thethe LoitaLoita MaasaiMaasai and equitable use Towards Community Management of the Forest of the Lost Child of plant resources. Experiences from the Loita Ethnobotany Project Please Patrick Maundu, Dhyani Berger, Charles ole Saitabau, Joyce Nasieku, send comments Moses Kipelian, Simon Mathenge, Yasuyuki Morimoto, Robert Höft on this paper and suggestions for future issues to People and Plants Initiative, Division of Ecological Sciences, UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris CEDEX 07 SP, France. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The opinions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and do not commit any Organization. Authors’ addresses: Patrick Maundu: National Museums of Kenya, Simon Mathenge: Department of Botany, P.O. Box 40658 Nairobi, Kenya University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197 Nairobi, <
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