and Sustainable Forest Management inAfrica IUFRO World Series Vol. 23 - Traditional Forest-Related IUFRO World SeriesVolume23 Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Papers Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge From the conference held in Accra, Ghana From 15-17 October, 2008 Jointly organized by IUFRO Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana (CSIR) Editors John A. Parrotta Alfred Oteng-Yeboah Joseph Cobbinah lebensministerium.at Accra 2009 IC AN D IN TIF D N U E S I T C R S I A L R O R R F F E E S S L L I I E CSIR E C C A A N N R R U U C C O O H H C C GHA NA IUFRO Headquarters Hauptstrasse 7 1140 Vienna, Austria Tel: + 43-1-877-0151-0 Fax: +43-1-877-0151-50 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.iufro.org International Union of Forest Research Organizations Union Internationale des Instituts de Recherches Forestières Internationaler Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten Unión Internacional de Organizaciones de Investigación Forestal IUFRO World Series Vol. 23 Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Papers From the conference held in Accra, Ghana From 15-17 October, 2008 Jointly organized by IUFRO Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana (CSIR) Editors John A. Parrotta, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Joseph Cobbinah ISSN 1016-3263 ISBN 978-3-901347-81-8 IUFRO, Accra 2009 Recommended catalogue entry: Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa. Papers from the conference held in Accra, Ghana, from 15-17 October 2008, jointly organized by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force on Traditional Forest Knowledge, the IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC), and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana (CSIR). John A. Parrotta, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Joseph Cobbinah (editors). Accra, IUFRO, 2009 - 213 p. - (IUFRO World Series Vol. 23). ISSN 1016-3263 ISBN 978-3-901347-81-8 Cover photos: 1. Doris Mutta (Kenya) 2. Kwame Asamoah Adam (Ghana) 3. Mercy Derkyi (Ghana) Published by: IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 2009 © 2009 John A. Parrotta, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Joseph Cobbinah and IUFRO Available from: IUFRO Headquarters Secretariat c/o Mariabrunn (BFW) Hauptstrasse 7 1140 Vienna Austria Tel.: +43-1-8770151-0 Fax: +43-1-8770151-50 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iufro.org Printed by: Pixelimage Ltd. 021-239443 Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa IUFRO World Serives Volume 23 CONTENTS Introduction and Meeting Report............................................................................1 Papers .......................................................................................................................4 Agro-Forestry and Ex-Situ Conservation...............................................................5 Botanical gardens as a tool for preserving plant diversity, threatened relic forest and indigenous knowledge on traditional medicine in Benin H.A. Akpona, E. Sogbohossou, B. Sinsin, R.A. Houngnihin, J-D.T. Akpona and G. Akouehou ............................................................................................................................. 5 Contribution of traditional knowledge developed by farmers to control pests and diseases in cocoa agroforests of southern Cameroon. Denis J. Sonwa, Stephan F. Weise and Ousmane N. Coulibaly....................................... 14 Traditional agroforestry systems in Togo: variability according to latitude and local communities K. Wala, A.K. Guelly, K. Batawila, M. Dourma, B. Sinsin and K. Akpagana .................... 21 Dans l’Ouest-Cameroun, les paysans ont préservé les arbres dans leurs champs, pendant que l’Etat laissait brûler ceux qu’il avait plantés dans ses réserves. Raphaël Njoukam, Lucie Temboua and Régis Peltier ...................................................... 28 Assessing indigenous knowledge for evaluation, propagation and conservation of indigenous multipurpose fodder trees towards enhancing climate change Adaptation in Northern Ethiopia. Mulubrhan Balehegn and Edem A. Eniang ....................................................................... 39 Traditional knowledge on tree characteristics and use for agroforestry in Ghana Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere................................................................................................. 47 Non-timber forest products...................................................................................48 Endogenous knowledge on non-timber forest products in northern Benin Alice Bonou, A. Adégbidi and B. Sinsin ............................................................................. 48 Utilisation and local knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea (Anacardiaceae) by the rural population around the W National Park in Karimama District (Benin). G.N. Gouwakinnou, V. Kindomihou and B. Sinsin ........................................................... 49 Endogenous knowledge on tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) in northern Benin Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo and Brice Sinsin................. 57 Estimating local values of vegetable non-timber forest products to Pendjari Biosphere Reserve dwellers in Benin G. Fifanou Vodouhê , Ousmane Coulibaly and Brice Sinsin ............................................ 63 i Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa IUFRO World Serives Volume 23 Arbres et lianes spontanées alimentaires de la zone de forêt semi décidue (Centre-Ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire) : Flore des espèces rencontrées, organes consommés, valeurs alimentaires. Marie-Thérèse Kouamé N’Dri and Guy Modeste Gnahoua.............................................. 73 Some other uses of accepted agroforestry fuelwood species based on traditional knowledge in selected rural communities of Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria Andrew A. Erakhrumen ..................................................................................................... 85 Societal Perspectives on Traditional Forest Knowledge ...................................93 What we can learn from history: the present role of commons in managing the environment, an Austrian case study Elisabeth Johann................................................................................................................ 93 Introducing traditional knowledge in sustainable forest management: the guidelines developed for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forest in Europe Mauro Agnoletti ............................................................................................................... 101 Local conceptualization of nature, forest knowledge systems and adaptive management in southern Cameroon William A. Mala, C. J. Geldenhuys and R. Prabhu.......................................................... 102 Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Conservation Attitudes on Biodiversity Outside Protected Area Systems in Uganda: Igara County Scenario Dominic Byarugaba and Robinah F. Nakakeeto ............................................................. 111 The impact of indigenous knowledge system on the conservation of forests medicinal plants in Guruve, Zimbabwe A.J. Afolayan and L. Kambizi........................................................................................... 112 Traditional forest perception and its relevance for forest conservation among the Tiriki in Kenya Barbara Darr, Jürgen Pretzsch and Tina Depzinsky....................................................... 113 Forest Management .............................................................................................121 Some Ghanaian traditional practices of forest management and biodiversity conservation Kwame Asamoah Adam .................................................................................................. 121 Traditional knowledge systems for management of Kaya forests in coast region of Kenya D. Mutta, E. Chagala-Odera, S. Wairungu and S. Nassoro............................................ 122 Indigenous fire management practices in Ghana Lucy Amissah................................................................................................................... 131 Local people and forest management in Cameroon M. Youssoufa Bele and C. Jum....................................................................................... 136 ii Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa IUFRO World Serives Volume 23 Local communities’ traditional knowledge of the mangrove forest ecosystem in Nzema East and Mfantseman Districts in Ghana Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi, Kyereh Boateng and Bossman Owusu Jr. ............... 137 Ethnobiology ........................................................................................................148 Traditional knowledge on conservation of seed oil, medicinal and dyes and tannin plants N.S.A. Derkyi and M.A.A. Derkyi .................................................................................... 148 Ethnobotany of Pentadesma butyracea in Benin: A quantitative approach C. Avocèvou, B. Sinsin, M. Oumorou, G. Dossou and A. Donkpègan ........................... 154 Traditional access and forest management arrangements for beekeeping: the case of southwest Ethiopia forest region Tefera Belay Endalamaw