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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony B. Cunningham , Xuefei Yang , Xuefei YangPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Earthscan Ltd Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781849711395ISBN 10: 1849711399 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 24 November 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. From Chipho to Msika: An Introduction to Mushrooms, Trees and Forests 2. How to Collect Fungal Specimens: Key Needs for Identification and Importance of Good Taxonomy 3. A Primer on Ethnobiological Methods for Ethnomycological Research: Studying Folk Biological Classification Systems 4. Ethnobiological Methods for Ethnomycological Research: Quantitative Approaches 5. Challenges and Approaches to Assessing the Market Value of Wild Fungi 6. Hidden World, Crucial Role: The Ecology of Fungi and Mushrooms 7. Ensuring Sustainable Harvests of Wild Mushrooms 8. Mushrooms and their Links to People's Health and Nutrition 9. Fungi and the Future: Planning for Sustainable Production in Policy and PracticeReviews'This latest addition to the People and Plants series fills a largely overlooked gap in conservation - the dietary, medicinal and economic importance of wild fungi, supporting the livelihoods of large numbers of rural people, and potentially providing a motivational foundation for conservation of the forest and woodland habitats in which the fungi occur. Every conservationist and development worker, engaged with communities which are dependent on these resources, should have this book in their hands.' Alan Hamilton, Originator of the People and Plants book series 'Fungi play critical roles in the health and sustainability of forests, and the collection of fruiting-bodies (e.g. mushrooms and truffles) of many fungus species provides an important source of income for diverse peoples around the world. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the ecology and ecosystem importance of forest fungi and how they are valued by society, particularly the income produced from the commercial collection of wild mushrooms. Most importantly, the multidisciplinary array of authors provide practical insights into conservation strategies to protect and sustain this valuable natural resource that include diverse monitoring approaches, and use of traditional knowledge and citizen participation. This book will be a valuable reference for conservation biologists and natural resource managers world-wide on how to integrate the fungal kingdom, including its myriad species, ecosystems functions, and income values, into ongoing and future biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource programs.' Randy Molina, Mycologist and Botanist and Co-Managing Editor, Mycorrhiza Cunningham and Yang have successfully brought together the ethnobiology, trade, ecology and sustainable management of mushrooms to provide us with an integrated approach to understanding the links between mushrooms, local livelihoods and conservation. A fantastic and much needed resource for students, managers, researchers and anyone else interested in the use and conservation of wild mushrooms and their habitats. Dr Tamara Ticktin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Author InformationDr A B (Tony) Cunningham works with People and Plants International (PPI), is a Senior Associate at CIFOR and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia. He is an ethnoecologist/applied ecologist who has focussed on the interface between local livelihoods, sustainable natural resource use and conservation. He has written many peer reviewed publications, including the book 'Applied ethnobotany: people, wild plant use and conservation' (Earthscan, 2001) and has been the recipient of several awards, including the Sir Peter Scott Conservation award (1999) from IUCN and the E K Janakki medal (2003) for services to the field of ethnobotany. Dr Xuefei Yang did her first MSc on forests and land-use changes in Yunnan, China (2001) and then worked extensively on matsutake mushrooms, firstly for an MSc through the Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation at Enschede in The Netherlands (2004) and later for her PhD through the Kunming Institite of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science (2005). She is currently the Scientific coordinator for the Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning (BEF) Experiment in China (www.bef-china.de), jointly funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). In 2007, she received the 'Alice Murphy' Award from the International Society for Tropical Ecology during the 2007 Tropical Ecology Congress in Dehra Dun, India. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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