Table 5.

The diversity of species of wild foods used by 12 indigenous communities (adapted from Kuhnlein et al. 2009)^a.

no.	study area		ecosystem	flora	fauna	total species used
	cultural group	region
1	Awajan	Peruvian Amazon	tropical forest	93	113	206
2	Bhil	Gujarat, India	tropical forest	68	23	91
3	Dalit	Andhra Pradesh, India	semi-arid	179	40	212
4	Karen	Thungyai Naresuan National Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand	tropical; paddy cultivation	252	63	315
5	Mand (Pohnpei)	Pacific Ocean, Federated States of Micronesia	tropical	67	162	229
6	Igbo	Southern Nigeria	tropical	171	45	216
7	Ingano	Colombian Amazon	tropical forest	xb	92	(92 + x)
8	Ainu	Saru River Valley, Japan	riverine	10	3	13
9	Maasai	Kajiado District, Kenya	semi-arid	33	21	54
10	Inuit	Canadian Territory of Nunavut	polar	15	64	79
11	Nuxalk	Bella Coola, British Columbia	polar	42	25	67
12	Tetlit Gwich'in	Canadian Arctic	polar	15	35	50

^aCommunities 1–7 are formally seen as farming communities.

^bTotal cannot be accurately ascertained from original text as named traditional species are a mix of wild and cultivated.