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Titre :	Significance of indigenous knowledge and values of birds in promoting biodiversity conservation in Kenya
Auteurs :	N. Gichuki, Auteur ; T. Terer, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ostrich (No number JUL 2001)
Article en page(s) :	153-157
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Birds form an important and conspicuous component of forest biodiversity in Africa and many rural communities closely interact with and use birds in many ways. People that draw benefits from birds have positive attitudes towards them and are therefore likely to initiate or participate in bird conservation projects. Favourable attitudes towards birds by the local people, however, have not been adequately translated into viable community-driven conservation initiatives in many areas. The factors that have contributed to this lack of inertia by local people are not well known. The purpose of this ethno-ornithological study was to assess indigenous knowledge, socio-economic and cultural values of birds, and how such information can be used to promote biodiversity conservation. The target communities were the Kikuyu and Marakwet peoples of central Kenya. The study was carried out in 1998 and 1999 and entailed administration of questionnaires, interviews and focussed discussion groups, which involved 211 persons drawn from different age and sex categories. The results of the study revealed that birds were an important resource to the Kikuyu and the Marakwet people but the two communities use birds differently. Children were more interested in birds than older people but their knowledge was shallow. Marakwet people used birds for a wider range of cultural purposes and had also deeper and wider knowledge of local birds than the Kikuyu people interviewed. In both communities, livestock and farm crops dominated the worldviews of individuals but birds, had special roles in the social and cultural life of the people regardless of their level of education. Knowledge of local wild birds by Kikuyu and Marakwet peoples appeared to be linked to the frequency of interactions and use of birds. This study showed that people that live in or near natural forests have immense ecological knowledge of local birds and their habitats. That indigenous knowledge is valuable and should be used in land use planning and sustainable conservation of biodiversity in Africa.

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