Conserving biodiversity through use: Memory banking experience

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dc.contributor.authorNazarea, Virginiaen
dc.contributor.authorPiniero, M. C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:10Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:10Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis presentation describes the memory banking methodology, program experiences, and results within the SANREM-Andes project. Based on the belief that indigenous knowledge about plants should accompany global efforts in genetic resource conservation and use, a method called "memory banking" has been designed and implemented in Nanegal and Cotacachi, Ecuador. This involves training of local youth collect culturally useful plants and the complete food system knowledge of their elders. While the plants and seeds are being locally propagated in community or household in situ gardens, young people acquire an appreciation of local biodiversity while increasing local use through seed selection, production, storage, and preparation. The Memory Banking protocol has been adopted widely by US seed saving groups, the International Potato Center, and other biodiversity conservation groups.en
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dc.identifier574en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the SANREM CRSP Research Scientific Synthesis Conference, Athens, GA, 28-30 November 2001en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65626en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectAdult educationen
dc.subjectSocial learningen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectExperiential learningen
dc.subjectMemory banking trainingen
dc.subjectInterviewsen
dc.subjectSeedsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleConserving biodiversity through use: Memory banking experienceen
dc.typeAbstracten
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