Accra 2008
Key documents:
- List of participants
- Conference programme (includes links to opening speeches and all presentations)
- Summary of all abstracts
- Conference report
The individual abstracts and powerpoint presentations of conference participants can be downloaded below or accessed via the Conference programme above.
Session I: Agro-Forestry and Ex-Situ Conservation
Chair: Dr. Joseph Cobbinah
| Hugues A. Akpona Traditional botanical gardens as a tool for preserving plant diversity, indigenous knowledge and last threatened relic forest in Northern Benin. <Abstract> <Presentation> |
Denis. J. Sonwa |
| K. Wala Traditional agroforestry systems in Togo: Variability according to latitude and local communities. <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Raphaël Njoukam Dans l’Ouest-Cameroun, les paysans ont conservé les arbres dans leurs champs, pendant que l’Etat laissait brûler ses réserves <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Mulubrhan Balehegn Assessing indigenous knowledge for evaluation, propagation and conservation of indigenous multipurpose fodder-trees towards enhancing climate change adaptation in northern Ethiopia <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere Traditional knowledge on tree characteristics and use for agroforestry in Ghana <Abstract> <Presentation> |
Session II: Non-timber Forest Products
Chair: Dr. Kwame A. Adam
| Gérard N. Gouwakinnou - Indigenous knowledge and uses of Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.)Hochst. (Anacardiaceae) by rural population around W. National Park in Karimama, Benin <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| A.B. Fandohan - Endogenous knowledge on tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) in northern Benin <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Vodouhê G. Fifanou - Estimating local values of vegetable non-timber forest products to Pendjari Biosphere Reserve dwellers in Benin <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| N’dri Marie-Therese Kouame- Food trees and spontaneous lianas of the zone of semi-deciduous forest (Center-West of Cote d'Ivoire): species encountered, plant parts consumed and food values <Abstract> <Presentation> |
Session III: Societal Perspectives on Tradional Forest Knowledge
Chair: Doris Mutta
| Elisabeth Johann - What we can learn from history: the present role of commons in managing the environment - a case study from Austria <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Mauro Agnoletti - Introducing traditional knowledge in Sustainable Forest Management: the guidelines developed for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forest in Europe <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| William Mala - Local conceptualization of nature, forest knowledge systems and adaptive management in southern Cameroon <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Dominic Byarugaba & R.F. Nakakeeto - Indigenous knowledge (IK) and conservation attitudes on biodiversity outside of protected area systems in Uganda: Igara county scenario <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| A.J. Afolayan - The impact of indigenous knowledge system on the conservation of forests medicinal plants in Guruve, Zimbabwe <Abstract> |
Session IV: Forest Management
Chair: Dr. William Mala
| Kwame Asamoah Adam - Some Ghanaian traditional practices of forest management and biodiversity conservation <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Doris Mutta - Traditional knowledge systems for protection of Kaya forests <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Lucy Amissah - Indigenous fire management practices in Ghana <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Mercy Derkyi – Influence of traditional knowledge on the management and conservation of forest ecosystems in Ghana. <Abstract> <Presentation> |
Session V: Ethnobiologoy
Chair: Dr. E. Owusu-Sekyere
| N.S.A. Derkyi – Traditional forest knowledge on conservation of seed oil, medicinals, dye and tannin plants <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Carolle Avocevou - Quantitative ethnobotany of Pentadesma butyracea in Benin <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Tefera Belay Endalamaw - Traditional access and forest management arrangements for beekeeping: the case of southwest Ethiopia forest region <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Belem Bassirou - Identification des arbres hors forêt préférés par les populations locales dans la Province du Sanmatenga au Burkina Faso <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Fidèle Bognounou - Ethnobotany of five Combretaceae species among four ethnic groups of four villages of West Burkina Faso <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Dominic Byarugaba - The plight of indigenous and traditional knowledge in health seeking behaviour using herbal medicine in remote areas of south western Uganda <Abstract> <Presentation> |
Session VI:
Chair: Prof. Dominic Byarugaba
| Sylvestre C.A.M. Djagoun - Diversity and ethnozoological study of small mammals in village surrounding the Pendjari biosphere reserve in northern Benin <Abstract> <Presentation> |
| Ekeoba Matthew Isikheumen - Degraded forests in protected landscapes: Prospects of biodiversity rehabilitation in Urhonigbe Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria <Abstract> <Presentation> |