@article {687,
	title = {The indigenous knowledge of ecological processes among peasants in the People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China},
	journal = {Agriculture and Human Values},
	volume = {8},
	year = {1991},
	note = {This paper was also presented at the Second International Ethnobiology Program, October 22-26, 1990 in Kunming, China.},
	month = {Win-Spr 1991},
	pages = {59-66},
	abstract = {<p>A decision-tree model of an indigenous forest management system centered around shamu (Cunninghamia lanceolata),an important timber species in China, was constructed from extensive interviews with peasants in two villages in Fujian Province, China. From this model additional interviews were conducted to elicit from these peasants their reasons for selecting among decision alternatives. Those reasons that were of an ecological nature were discussed in detail with the peasants to elicit indigenous interpretations of ecological processes in order to test an hypothesis that a strong analogy exists between traditional indigenous and scientific knowledge of ecological processes.</p><p>Three cases are presented that test this hypothesis. These three cases concern the effect of intercrops on the growth of shamu, the relative merits of seedlings and root collar sprout cuttings for forest regeneration, and the effects of repeated plantings of shamuon soil chemistry. All three cases provide strong support for the research hypothesis and suggest that, even in the absence of a formalized scientific method, humans exercise mental processes typical of scientific thinking. This phenomenon is called proto-science.</p>},
	keywords = {agroforestry, Cunninghamia lanceolata, ethnoecology, evolutionary biology, indigenous knowledge, proto-science, shamu},
	doi = {10.1007/BF01579657},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01579657},
	author = {Paul M. Chandler}
}
@article {574,
	title = {Great planting disasters: Pitfalls in technical assistance in forestry},
	journal = {Agriculture and Human Values},
	volume = {5},
	year = {1988},
	note = {This article from Agriculture and Human Values, 5 (1-2) listed independently.},
	month = {December 1988},
	pages = {49-60},
	abstract = {Social forestry, in contrast to traditional forestry, is intended to meet biological/environmental, procedural and equity goals. Social forestry projects may not fulfill this multiplicity of goals either because priority is given to a single goal or because various factors including the structure and norms of implementing institutions and the distribution of local power overwhelm procedural and distributive intentions. Thus, despite participatory and equitable project designs, social forestry projects may result in the distribution of benefits to the rich and costs to the poor and products that either have little local value or lose their value over time. Factors leading to these outcomes are explored and countervailing measures considered.},
	keywords = {agricultural economics, equity goals, ethics, evolutionary biology, history, project design, social forestry, technical assistance, veterinary medicine},
	doi = {10.1007/BF02217176},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02217176},
	author = {Louise Fortmann}
}
